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I might be suspicious of a RAM issue. Here is a link to discussion of a potential solution. Guess this might extend to HD or SSD in some cases but not sure.

You probably have already done this but a Google of “ntoskrnl.exe blue screen 0x0000001a” will get a number of hits.

However, PCIe SSDs are even faster that Sata-III SSDs, so I think that the Sata-III bus has already met its limit.

I would love one but their cost is pretty high. I just don’t need that performance level for what I’m doing right now.

Without a doubt Corsair is making itself a quality supplier for a number of enthusiast parts these days. I’ve actually got my server overclocked to make better use of its free time with folding and these units provide good cooling for the price, plus they’re quite.

These are nice units. I have the Antec Kuhler 920 running on my server. It is the same unit, just sold by Antec.

I certainly won’t argue the bang-for-the-buck point. Each one gets to make their own decision.

I’m just saying that because it plugs into SATAIII doesn’t mean you get those speeds. The best SATAIII SSDs don’t even reach the max speeds the ports “might” provide. I myself have no plans to replace my hard drives where I store data any time soon.

DrWho, you needed to realize that the SATAIII hard drives are mechanically limited even when they plug into a faster port. They can’t compete (speed wise) with the SSD.

ingeborgdot, one point to add to the good discussion is that size does matter to the speed of the SSD. The speeds quoted by most manufacturers are for their 250G SSDs. As size goes down, so does speed. This is caused by the number of NANDs chips they use internally and that relates to the number of read/write channels they have (it is a parallel process). Asynchronous versus synchronous NANDs also matter.

A good source for info (more than you want to know) can be found at http://www.anandtech.com/tag/storage.

You may have discovered this by now but one thing to remember about RAID cards is they come in two main varieties, those that have their own RAID processor and those that use the CPU. Downside about the RAID cards with their own processor is they cost more.

I’ve been using the same RAID card (with its own processor) for about 10 years. Nice thing about it is that I can plug it into new hardware when I upgrade motherboards and outside of updating the motherboard drivers, I’m good to go. Note: I think I’ve updated its firmware a couple of times.

Thanks folks, appreciate the help!

Playing around I found that by by unclicking the “show desktop gadgets” in view options and reclicking it fixes things. Will wonders never cease.