Official Sony SB/SA/SC/SD Series Owners' Thread

[Manipulate]

How can I determine my read/write speeds to know if Im hitting sata 3 specs or not?

I know I wont see theoretical speed, but it better be faster than sata 2

[pizdets17]

download atto benchmark or crystalmark benchmark and run it.

How can I determine my read/write speeds to know if Im hitting sata 3 specs or not?

I know I wont see theoretical speed, but it better be faster than sata 2

[Manipulate]

download atto benchmark or crystalmark benchmark and run it.

Thank you for your help.

Now Im sad though. using the atto benchmark, it appears that my ocz vertex 3 is running at:

write: 250 MB/s
read: ~280 MB/s

sata 3 should be more into the 300s right? Do I need to enable something? I have the original BIOS.

Off topic...if I replace my ODD with an HDD, and then put the blu ray player in an enclosure, how do I best use it?

sata to usb 3.0 into laptop then HDMI out?
or is there a way to skip laptop and go sata to HDMI?

[Nothingtown]

I think part of the freezing was the sata3 ssd. After applying the registry patch for LPM it seems fine. I still can't beleive I didnt research the fact that the sata3 is disabled on this. Went from a mac at 550mb/sec to this at 260. Nice upgrade lol

Check out BIOS R1031H4. From what I've read previously in this thread it supports SATA III. I've downgraded to that one but I don't have an SSD to test with yet. But it doesn't support Bluetooth so if you use BT then you have to find something else to use instead.

[Nothingtown]

Hi Nothingtown,

Did you finally use the clean install Windows 7 Enterprise? If so, did you install Vaio Smart Connect (Sony utilities to control Wifi, Bluetooth, 3G)? If you did install it, do you have the "Share My Connection" option within Vaio Smart Connect?

Thanks!

Yeah, finally got the W7 Enterprise running. Been using it for a day now. No problems yet.

No, I didn't install Vaio Smart Connect. Only the ones I listed on page 521. And I've reverted back to an old BIOS (R1031H4) which doesnt support Bluetooth. I don't plan on using my SIM card reader either since I can just share from my cell phone and I've always preferred the Windows utility for controlling WiFi.

[Nothingtown]

Thank you for your help.

Now Im sad though. using the atto benchmark, it appears that my ocz vertex 3 is running at:

write: 250 MB/s
read: ~280 MB/s

sata 3 should be more into the 300s right? Do I need to enable something? I have the original BIOS.

SATA III is up to 600MB/s read & write. SATA II is up to 300MB/s.

As I said to pizdets17 you can check out the BIOS R1031H4. It is supposed to support SATA III but it does not have support for Bluetooth and has fewer fan RPM-steps (4 compared to 8 in the new BIOS). There is a link somewhere in this thread (page 490->505 I would guess). If you cant find it then let me know and I'll upload it somewhere conveniet.

[Manipulate]

Yeah thats the BIOS I have now. Has anyone successfully achieved sata 3 speed?

[Nothingtown]

Yeah thats the BIOS I have now. Has anyone successfully achieved sata 3 speed?

I hope someone has. I was planning on ordering Corsair Force GT that supposedly can go up to 500+ MB/s in both read and write. Perhaps there is a setting in the BIOS you have to change?

[Manipulate]

I hope someone has. I was planning on ordering Corsair Force GT that supposedly can go up to 500+ MB/s in both read and write. Perhaps there is a setting in the BIOS you have to change?

Yeah that was my initial thought. I have been through the bios, there doesnt seem to be any settings for it. I have heard that there is an advanced menu that one can unlock. But as for how to unlock it, I dont know.

[Nothingtown]

Yeah that was my initial thought. I have been through the bios, there doesnt seem to be any settings for it. I have heard that there is an advanced menu that one can unlock. But as for how to unlock it, I dont know.

I read something about that further back in the thread myself. Modded R1031H4 or something?

Please, guys, if anyone knows anything then shout out. I want SATA III-speeds and don't care about BT