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Wanting to swap out a Dell Dimension HDD with a SSD

by ddcazes Jan 6, 2010 12:48PM PST

I have a E510, P 4 processor 640 w/HT Technology (3.2Ghz processor / 800 fsb), 2 GB DDR2 400 Mhz SDRAM, and Samsung HD160jj/p Hard drive.

I would like to improve speed performance by replacing the hard drive with a SSD - thinking about an Intel X-25M 80GB Model SSDSA2MH080G2C1).

I would like to know if the Dimension Motherboard bios supports this SSD. I've already updated the BIOS to the latest (A07).
Any guidance would be most appreciated.

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Just one thing.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jan 6, 2010 11:07PM PST

Since a SSD looks like a HDD on the interface you are the first to ask this question (well here at least.) Everyone I know has never worried about this and have cloned the drive to the new SSD or fresh installed to carry on.

Hope that helps,
Bob

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by ddcazes Jan 7, 2010 12:08AM PST

Thanks for the input Bob. I think that I'll press on - do plan on a complete, clean start with Win 7 and then pull in My Doc files from the other hard drive.

David

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