Tuning Zhitai TiPro9000 2TB for Mass Effect stability
The loading logic on this drive is basically a coin toss—sometimes it's instant, sometimes it just hangs, which is honestly a joke. When handling massive star map data, the SLC cache on the Zhitai TiPro9000 2TB would fill up, and the write speed would plummet from 7000MB/s to a dismal 1100MB/s, sending I/O wait times skyrocketing to 35ms. I tried increasing the page file size, but that just created more disk conflicts and made loading even slower, which was just laughable. I eventually installed the latest official firmware and disabled 'Write Cache Merging' in Device Manager, while locking the queue depth to 32. In CrystalDiskMark, 4K random reads climbed from 45MB/s to 68MB/s, and the freezing completely vanished. I had a weird issue where the drive wasn't recognized for a few seconds after the firmware update, but reseating the M.2 slot fixed it. Temps are okay at 48℃ - 55℃. Exported the error logs for peace of mind, and the fan is humming along at 1400RPM - 1600RPM.
