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Do Intel SSDs need special driver support?

April 26, 2017driver Intel special SSDS support

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Do Intel SSDs need special driver support?

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No. The standard drivers for any HDD will support Intel SSDs as drop-in components, such as those bundled with Windows*. However, for best performance, a driver that supports SATA Native Command Queuing (NCQ) is recommended, such as the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager (IMSM) driver from Intel.