Ssd drive slow to start on first startup

I have a Samsung SSD 840 EVO Drive Model # MZ-7TE750BW that runs fast once it has started. The first startup if more than a day takes longer than the SATA drive it replaced. Once it has started the first time it is very fast and it then waits for me. The first startup I wait for it to get going. I have looked all over and cannot find an answer for this problem. I am thinking it might have something to do with when the drive powers down on its own for power savings (sleep mode) it takes a long time to wake. Is there a way to keep the SSD drive awake always as it is just memory and power use must be low anyways. I am running Mavericks 10.9.4 and 10.9.5 is the same.
Hope someone can help with this problem.

First,
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System requirements: BlackBerry Link for Windows
Hardware
Intel compatible 1GHz or higher processor
512 MB of RAM
USB 1.1 or higher USB port
Screen resolution of 1024x768 or greater
100 MB of free hard disk space for typical installation
Software
Windows XP SP3 or later, Windows Vista, Windows 7
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or an active Internet connection
iTunes 10.1 or later or Windows Media Player 11 or later for music synchronization
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I have seen and read where Apple has been "doing things their way" and not using AHCI for well ever since Mac Pro came out iwth Intel 5 yrs ago.
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Really great 'The hatter' !!!
Thanks a lot for your exceptional support.
Next to my 4x discs in the 4 SATA II drive bays I have installed a additional OWC drive kit that allows me to have another 2 disks sitting in the empty bay below the CD/DVD drive and those are connected to the motherboard. So there is a lot to handle for that controller you mentionned ;-)
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