How to fix Fanxiang S910PRO 2TB slow reads in Mass Effect?
Loading this game on a nearly full drive felt like I was using a cheap USB stick; it's pathetic that a high-end 2TB drive chokes this hard. When free space drops below 20%, the garbage collection on the Fanxiang S910PRO struggles, and random reads crash from 50 MB/s to a miserable 18-22 MB/s. Jumping between galaxies took over a minute. I tried deleting some random small files, but freeing up 5GB did absolutely nothing—just a waste of my time. I eventually triggered a manual system-level TRIM command, used a partition tool to force 4K alignment, and purged all temporary cache files. AIDA64 tests showed random reads bouncing back to 42-48 MB/s, and loading times dropped by about 35%. The drive actually froze for a second during the TRIM process, but a quick reboot sorted it out. Temps are now 45-52℃. I took a system snapshot of the new partition layout, and the game finally feels snappy again.
