Hi all,
I have a samsung rf511 laptop with an i5 processor and 8g ram. I installed a 240G ocz solid state drive a few weeks back and have been really enjoying the eerie silence of my laptop every since.
Now, randomly, the drive fan will kick into high gear for 3-5 seconds. It happens every minute or so. Then fan becomes very audible and the underside gets warm, near the disc caddy.
Looking at the resource monitor via task manager i can see the disc hits 100% during these periods, although the CPU and memory stay fairly normal.
I dont think this is load related as I have tried changing the performance behaviour via control panel > system and security > system > advanced system settings, and changed it from "adjust for best graphics" to "adjust for best performance" but this made no difference.
Also it happens when i am just running chrome by itself with 2-3 tabs open, surely an i5 machine with 8g of ram wouldnt need to page with that little running in the foreground?
I have run both malwayebytes antimalware and microsoft security essentials, both came back saying the system was clean.
Really confused by this hope the ssd isnt borked??
I have a samsung rf511 laptop with an i5 processor and 8g ram. I installed a 240G ocz solid state drive a few weeks back and have been really enjoying the eerie silence of my laptop every since.
Now, randomly, the drive fan will kick into high gear for 3-5 seconds. It happens every minute or so. Then fan becomes very audible and the underside gets warm, near the disc caddy.
Looking at the resource monitor via task manager i can see the disc hits 100% during these periods, although the CPU and memory stay fairly normal.
I dont think this is load related as I have tried changing the performance behaviour via control panel > system and security > system > advanced system settings, and changed it from "adjust for best graphics" to "adjust for best performance" but this made no difference.
Also it happens when i am just running chrome by itself with 2-3 tabs open, surely an i5 machine with 8g of ram wouldnt need to page with that little running in the foreground?
I have run both malwayebytes antimalware and microsoft security essentials, both came back saying the system was clean.
Really confused by this hope the ssd isnt borked??