Thursday, 10 September 2015

How to Fix Slow Speeds of Samsung TLC SSDs in Ultrabooks

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Many Windows Ultrabook Solid State Drives (what’s an SSD?) suffer from a crushing flaw. After approximately 9-40 weeks, their Samsung drive’s read speeds grind to a crawl, thanks to their Triple Layer Cell (TLC) memory modules. The problem also afflicts anyone with a Samsung 840 or 840 EVO SSD (or most drives using TLC). Fortunately, a fix exists which restores much of the drive’s original performance. What’s the Problem with TLC? For me, the problem surfaced when I experienced poor performance on my Dell XPS 13, 2015 edition. A quick search led to a thread on Overclock.net, containing mention of a temporary fix. At first, uninstalling...

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