@bgood wrote:
@damienoh: Yikes! Did you benchmark your drive? While putting the drive into ATA mode worked, isn’t that kind of a performance drag? I think I would have returned the drive and gotten another brand that supported the advanced features. Just my 2 cents.
I did a fast performance comparison with Windows Experience Index, but not with a real benchmarking tool. In IDE mode I got 7.6 and in AHCI mode 7.8 (max being 7.9). Note that I don’t have SATA3 connectors on my old-ish motherboard. Another notable thingy is that when Win7 boots up, the “flying lights” do not get to form the Windows logo before I’m requested for account password. Never seen that before… 
For comparison, my brand new office laptop (Dell E6420) that has Lite-On OEM SSD with sata3 connectivity with mobo has “only” 7.7 as experience index.
Being a tech guy, returning a drive is not my first option – especially given the specs of the Extreme compared to others in the same price group.
