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JesDoias wrote:

Despite of obvious bigger storage space, can you tell us more about positive increase in boot time / overall system responsiveness and usage comfort?

I haven’t used much this notebook with system running on eMMC, I startes to move it to SSD almost at the first day. I can say that my eMMC was rather fast (Sandisk with speed about 200/140). Therefore I can’t say that there is dramatic improvement in speed, but there definitely is to some extent. I would say that if you are lucky to have fast eMMC and do not need extra space – there is no reason to install the SSD. However, if you already bought the SSD which is luckily working good and stable, why not transfer the system to SSD and gain some extra speed and responsiveness.

Measured numbers are better than a million words, uh? I attached the speed mesurements of my stock eMMC, my faulty KingSpec Nt-256 running at SATA300 speeds and my new Intel 545s running at SATA600 speeds. The difference is clearly visible.

 

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Buying proper SSD fixes the problem

Believe me, I tried a lot of things, but only buying normal SSD works. KingSpec does not work, and I heard Transcend does not work either.

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Hello everybody!

Just wanted to add some experience to the issue with SSD and Jumper EZBOOK 3 Pro v6. I bought KingSpec NT-256 SSD from official KingSpec store. I tried it in my home PC, it worked well, and speeds were 560 read, 430 write. But it worked well only on my home PC. As soon as I installed in in Jumper – I started to experience the folloing problems:

1. SSD is not recognised by BIOS about 30% of attempts to start..
2. When it is recognised – you can’t install Windows on it – process fails at “Copiing windows files” which will last forever and never end.
3. I cloned the system from eMMC with Paragon Migrate OS to SSD software – after this I succeeded in starting system from SSD. But again – about 30% of start attempts failed due to SSD disappearing from BIOS.
4. When the system starts from SSD – it hangs, because the SSD is always busy at 100% duty, and write speed is next to zero. This can be solved by installing Intel RST v13.2.8.1002 driver.  Direct download link. You will need to first install Win RAID CA certificate, and after that manuall update the ATA controlled driver from Microsoft’s to this downloaded driver and reboot. This will allow you to use your system with read and write speeds at about 280 Mb/s. The SATA mode will be only SATA300 instead of SATA600, but again, at least you now can use your system from SSD.
5. Apparently, you will get bored by failed starts, and will want to solve the problem once and forever. I tried a lot of things, lots of different drivers, lots of BIOS settings modifications, I even tried some hardware fixes – I soldered the ground directly from motherboard to the SSD adapter, but nothing helped.

And so, here is my solution. Throw you piece of junk low-end chinese SSD away, and install a new one, preferably from some high-end brands, and preferably in 2280 format. To install 2280 SSD you need to remove the back cover of the norebook, remove the plastic black frame for 2242 SSD format (just few screws), optionally – remove the nut used to fix 2242 SSD. I bought Intel 545S p/n SSDSCKKW256G8 SSD. I removed the plastic frame, the nut, installed the SSD into slot and closed the back cover. It works absolutely prefect and flawless since then.

1. It is recognised by BIOS immediately and consistentnly, in 100% attempts. No modifications or settings required. And yes – now you can even use the Fast Boot option – it really works well.
2. You can install Windows on this SSD with no problems, the copiing of files takes few seconds to complete now.
3. The system starts normally, and the stock Windows 10 ATA controller “Microsoft” driver works perfectly with this SSD.
4. The SATA mode is 6 Gb/s now, always. Read speed 550 Mb/s, write speed 480 Mb/s tested with CrystalDiskMark v6.
5. No more problems, everything is fast and stable, even the installation of the programs and software is faster now, than it was on KingSpec SSD.

Problem solved. If you get the same problems as described above – do not waste your time, throw away junky SSD and buy a good one. Maybe Samsung or WD will work as well, but I personally tested only the Intel 545S.

Good luck to everyone!

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