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128Gb Sata SSD

Rated speed 550 / 450MBs Read / Write

Tested speeds

510 / 295MBs Read / Write PCIExpress (V2 2x) adapter Lycom 127 mSata
466 / 304MBs Read / Write Onboard mSata Intel NUC DC3217BY

AND Flash: (MLC) NAND Flash Memory
Fully SATA III compatible
Limited SATA II compatibility
Not compatible with SATA I

Tips & tricks

• On older machines, use diskpart commands list disk, select disk, create partition primary align=1024 to partition it. Align parameter is not available in 32bit XP.
• Make sure to enable Trim.
• On first use, once you turn on computer, give the SSD 10 minutes without partitioning it or doing anything. Even better off if it does not show up. It is preparing itself for the first use. Then restart and you are good to go. Apparently they didn't have time for this cycle in factory.

Before you open a case

1) You do not have to open a case to get a replacement or refund. You freeze money in my PayPal account, you damage my eBay rating which costs me more money in fees. 2) You can always open a case if things do not work out as you expected. 3) You can't open a case after 60 days of purchase but I still provide a year warranty. 4) Most importantly, if you do open a case, you loose control because I am bound to take action. Because if you closed the case, you won't be able to open it again later. So for example if I advised you to wait few days and monitor any changes, we can't do that anymore.

How to get full or partial refund or replacement

1) For full refund you ask me for refund, I email you a return label, you send item back, I receive it or you show me a postage proof, I cancel the transaction, eBay refunds you automatically. If you don't have a printer, I PayPal you £1 or £2 depending on value of item and postage cost and you write the address by hand and buy a stamp. 2) Partial refund. No case needed either. If you bought e.g. a 128Gb SD card which does not work in your camera because it's too big and you want a 32Gb instead, you send me the 128Gb, I cancel the order, you get instant refund and then you buy a 32Gb. The price difference is your partial refund. 3) How to get replacement. You ask for replacement, post the original back, once I see it back or a proof of postage, I send you a new one. In any case contact me before to decide who pays postage and how we communicate. It may happen that it is not entirely my fault and then you have to spend that extra £1 for postage. In any case if anything goes wrong, you can always open a case. eBay will spill my guts out for you.

INR

If you don't get the SSD on the next day or day after or even next week. No need to PANIC. I've seen parcel stuck in Heathrow for 2 weeks. 50% of buyers who claimed INR had got the first one WHILE the second one was on the way or just right after. No need to open a case either. Again, if you opened an INR case, got the SSD, it stopped working on next day after you close the case, you can't open another one (correct me if I'm wrong). Regardless of if you can or can't open the case I WILL MAKE SURE you got the SSD and it works properly, give you your money back like in case of Foxconn barebones or send a replacement.

Trouble shooting

What if in unlikely case the SSD does not work OOB (e.g. 5 out of 136 in December 2016)? What if you turn the computer on and it does not show up? Don't panic. Leave it on for 10 minutes. Do this on first use even if it does show up. Restart and see. If it is still not visible after restart, change Sata connection mode from AHCI to IDE and vice versa. Wait for it. NB! It is only important for first use.

Change connection from one socket to another, from one computer to another. Once you get working it anywhere, LLF it and then move it where you want it in the connection mode you want it. E.g. if it did not show up on Sata II machine in AHCI mode, you LLF it on Sata III machine and then use it where intended, it will be ok.

90% of the few failures happen with customer reporting, 'I installed Windows / Linux, then during updates system stop recognising the drive'. If this happens, you have screwed up a perfectly normal SSD.

If it still does not show up after all mumbo-jumbo, you might have Silicon Motion incompatible chipset. Also, if the red light on SSD does not blink it is not good sign. Although I have had working SSD drives where the red light is constantly on.

I can do mumbo-jumbo part for you. Just ask.

Dave 07414733305