W520 and Samsung 830 SSD

Hello:
After several issues with a Mushkin Chronos DX 480GB I finally returned it.
Now I'm thinking in buying a Samsung 830 512GB SSD and it a 7mm disk, my question is if it's necessary to buy the notebook kit or not of this disk.
Without notebook kit:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147165
With notebook kit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147139
Thanks in advance.
Regards.

The "spacer" is needed in the W520 if you install it in the primary drive bay. The rubber rails are sized for the 9.5mm drive if you initially received the 500gb HDD (the 320gb HDD is 7mm so no spacer is required). The Samsung SSD is first mounted on the drive carrier, then the spacer is placed on top of the SSD, then the rubber rails are placed on either side. The cobination fits snugly in the drive bay.
I recommend the Newmodeus HDD caddy if you are going to use the former HDD in the UltraBay. That caddy does not require the carrier and comes with all needed screws to secure the drive.
W520, i7-2820QM, BIOS 1.42, 1920x1080 FHD, 32 GB RAM, 2000M NVIDIA GPU, Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SSD, Crucial M550 mSata 512GB, WD 2TB USB 3.0, eSata Plextor PX-LB950UE BluRay
W520, i7-2760QM, BIOS 1.42 1920x1080 FHD, 32 GB RAM, 1000M NVIDIA GPU, Crucial M500 480GB mSata SSD, Hitachi 500GB HDD, WD 2TB USB 3.0

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Hi everybody,
please forgive me for my poor English.
I'm trying to install a Samsung 830 ssd with an optibay on my MBP early 2011. The ssd works fine, and I get a Sata 3 speed connection.
The first problem I found was that Disk Utility wasn't able to initialize it! "Posix error: i/o error" or "unable to locate memory".
So I inizitialized it with MacDrive on windows xp on another pc.
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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 8217623 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 08F2ECFA-3B01-4EE9-8C10-7AAA06C56855
Mon Jan 1 01:03:51 2001
panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff7f80de1874): "AppleAHCI: slot (0) reused, newFIS = 0xaaef8027 : 0x00000000 : 0x00000000 : 0x00000000, currentFIS = 0x002f8027 : 0x00000010 : 0x00000000 : 0x00000001, PxCl = 0x00000001, PxSact = 0x00000000\n"@/SourceCache/AppleAHCI/AppleAHCI-220.0.2/AppleAHCIPort.cpp:3831
Backtrace (CPU 4), Frame : Return Address
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0xffffff80b1293c10 : 0xffffff7f80de1874
0xffffff80b1293c90 : 0xffffff800053c225
0xffffff80b1293d00 : 0xffffff7f80dded27
0xffffff80b1293da0 : 0xffffff7f80dd4e8d
0xffffff80b1293dd0 : 0xffffff7f80dd529a
0xffffff80b1293e50 : 0xffffff7f8142325d
0xffffff80b1293e90 : 0xffffff7f814238e9
0xffffff80b1293eb0 : 0xffffff7f8142348c
0xffffff80b1293ed0 : 0xffffff7f814268f0
0xffffff80b1293f60 : 0xffffff8000285b66
0xffffff80b1293fa0 : 0xffffff80002c8527
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I have a Lenovo X220 laptop with a 320GB Hitachi hard drive,
and it works just fine. But I decided I needed more speed,
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X220 hard drive to the SSD (using a USB external case and
HDClone4), and everything looks fine on the SSD (when viewed
with Partition Wizard on another machine while the SSD is still
in the USB enclosure). But the SSD will not boot in the X220!
It starts, and in fact it gets as far as saying "Starting Windows",
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little bit, and then it momentarily flashes the dreaded
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and then it enters the recovery-menu screen. Bummer!
I called Lenovo tech support and they essentially told me to
GET LOST because they "don't support" me installing an SSD
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I've used HDClone4 several times in the past (to clone hard
drives for my stable of Lenovo T60 laptops), and it seems to
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certify compatibility with every flea-bit SSD on the market,
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reviewers (Tom's Hardware, my favorite, in particular).
Has anyone here heard this song before? Is there something
peculiar about the X220 and/or the Samsung 830? I'd sure
appreciate any helpful advice. Thanks.
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Request: AHCI Support for Samsung 830 SSD on gx660r

Hi Svet,
i have bought a Samsung 830 SSD for my gx660r notebook, but i realized that it is not recognized in the BIOS in AHCI mode.
The MSIHQ Flashing Tool says the following about my BIOS:
Mainboard: MS-16F1
PCB Version: To be filled by O.E.M.
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BIOS Date: 28.03.2011
EC-FW Version:
Could you provide me with a BIOS that works with my Samsung SSD?
I already donated some bucks.
And can you give me a hint how i can rescue my system in case the update fails?
As far as i know, my notebook does not have m-flash (at least i've seen no reference to m-flash), is there another way to restore the backup bios in case something goes wrong?
BTW: Im using the latest version of the flashing tool, but it does not offer the mode 2 (where i can point to a single bios file). Can you provide the modded bios as a zip/rar file so i can use it with mode1?
Many thanks,
Sascha

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Hi Svet,
i have bought a Samsung 830 SSD for my gx660r notebook, but i realized that it is not recognized in the BIOS in AHCI mode.
The MSIHQ Flashing Tool says the following about my BIOS:
Mainboard: MS-16F1
PCB Version: To be filled by O.E.M.
BIOS Version: E16F1IMS VER3.0J
BIOS Date: 28.03.2011
EC-FW Version:
Could you provide me with a BIOS that works with my Samsung SSD?
I already donated some bucks.
Yep, check PM
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And can you give me a hint how i can rescue my system in case the update fails?
As far as i know, my notebook does not have m-flash (at least i've seen no reference to m-flash), is there another way to restore the backup bios in case something goes wrong?
Nope, in a case of bad flash there is no recovery.
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BTW: Im using the latest version of the flashing tool, but it does not offer the mode 2 (where i can point to a single bios file).
To prevent using the wrong flasher[which can kill the notebook],
Tool automatically Disable Mode2 when notebook is detected.
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Can you provide the modded bios as a zip/rar file so i can use it with mode1?
Yes, ofc. Check PM

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Now i upgraded to a new Intel 520 and ran into massive compatibility issues. As i know there was a MCP79/Sandforce SF-2281 issue.
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Why is a laptop designed from ground up to use flash slower then a older laptop with a upgraded SSD from a 3rd party?
My old MBP is more then 2x the speed (read/write) with a SSD upgrade (Samsung 830) then my Air.
Any fixes or mods to boost the flash speed of the Air?

We would like you to show us how to do that.......Especially when the Samsung 830 will not fit the Air.....Please don't say duct tape....
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As of now, I only have access to my PC so someone please help me :( Thanks in advance! :)
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I did a system recovery on the HDD, to put it on its original states. Then I used Acronis True Image HD to clone the HDD to the SSD. I have the main partition on the SSD along with the Lenovo_recovery partition. I then install the SSD on the HD slot, and start the PC. No problem till there. It starts, and the machine works fine.
I then do a system recovery from the HDD, and the recovery process goes to the end, but when the system restarts, I have a crash and it asks me to introduce the windows recovery disk. But I cannot starts anything anymore.
If I reinstall the 500GB HDD, it start no problem.
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Just an update. I have the RAID working thanks to Mountain Lion. It has fixed the issue.
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Samsung 830

Hi,
I recently bought a new T430s and I was wondering what the best way is to install the Samsung 830 SSD I just bought. I think i would like to do a clean install, and not just clone it. Do I use the Factory Recovery Disks to do this? If so, do I choose data media or boot media and do i need CDs/DVDs or can I do it using a USB drive or directly on the SSD?
Thanks
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@shamgod208
You don't have any write options in creating the DVD's adn they are bootable (have to be anyway). You want to create them regardless as some point in case of drive failure.
If you've not added any programs to the system then doing it with the DVD's is fine and won't take long. Cloning or building from an image save a lot of time since the Windows Updates are done and most of you programs are on the existing drive. That can save you a day catching up.
I would not go the USB root but stick to the DVD creations which is 3 DVD's.
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Intel Sandy Bridge & Nvidia NVS 4200M graphics Intel N 6300 Wi-Fi adapter
Windows 7 Home Prem - 64bit w/8GB DDR3

Big Problems with Samsung Series 830 SSD SATA III (256GB) and W520

Hi,
i get my W520 last week with an normal SATA 500 GB Drive, at home i changed it to a Samsung Series 830 SSD SATA III (256GB) and install windows 7 64bit pro via recovery media.
I was wondering, startup was taking very long .... from starting windows to the logon screen 1.45 minutes ... Now i tried a new recovery, same issue, tested the harddisk which is in good state.
I changed back to the 500GB Drive, startup take only 30 seconds around....
Are there any known issues?
Best Wishes
Markus
Solved!
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Hi,
hope to catch all questions and some additional Information
1. RST is installed
2. BIOS 1.34
3. latest Lenovo Updates are all installed
4. latest Windows Updates are all installed
5. Clean Install i have tried, but first startup has shown the same issue
6. Tried the SSD via main bay and via multibay
7. checked BIOS for AHCI Mode
8. switched to Diagnostic mode (where can i view the report, machine goes driectly further in Booting windows)?
Machine Type is 42844MG
Core i7-2860QM (2.50GHz), 16GB RAM, 500GB 7200rpm HD, 15.6in FullHD LED BL 1920x1080 + Colorimeter, 2GB nVidia Quadro 2000M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 6300AGN Wireless, Modem, Bluetooth, UMTS, 1GB Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, Kamera, 9c Li-Ion, Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit)
What speaks again Samsung SSD's, at the moment it is the fastest SDD on the market and so far i've seen no bad rewiews.
I can't find any thread with same (SSD and problem) ... i have seen some SSD issues in another community thread, but not with same symtoms. I don't know where to locate, at the SSD, at W520, whereeever.
Best Wishes
Markus

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There are a number of factors that can influence the speed of an SSD. So simply specifying your SSD along and no other mention of harware (besides that it is connected to a SATAIII port) is probably nto enough information to really get you anywhere with this question.
Edit: BTW, I dind't know that page existed... I also didn't realize how much my Kingston Hyper 3k kicks some ass. Also, my Mushkin mSATA Atlas 120GB does pretty damn well for being on a SATA II port. I'll have to do the tests a couple more times in order to get an average to contribute. But inital test went quite well.
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