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xps8000 and SSD drive
Hi,
I currently have a xps8000 running two SATA HDD and looking to upgrade them to SSD drive.
Can someone please advise:
1) Will any SSD work with the xps8000?
2) Once installed will the BIOS pick it up automatically?
3) Can I mix SSD with HDD?
4) Will a SATA III drive work? I presume the xps8000 is backwards compatible so would run the SSD at SATA II?
5) Can I take an image of my current OS, install the SSD, then restore the image and boot up?
Thanks in advance
msuk
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June 18th, 2013 11:00
1) Will any SSD work with the xps8000? Standard 2.5-inch form factor SSDs should be compatible.
2) Once installed will the BIOS pick it up automatically? Yes
3) Can I mix SSD with HDD? Yes
4) Will a SATA III drive work? I presume the xps8000 is backwards compatible so would run the SSD at SATA II? Yes on both
5) Can I take an image of my current OS, install the SSD, then restore the image and boot up? Yes, if the image will fit in the SSD's space
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June 18th, 2013 11:00
Hi msuk,
Dell Studio XPS 8000 uses Intel P55 chipset and support SATA operations at SATA II speed (300 MB/s). Dell has tested this system with 3.5" SATA 7200rpm drives of upto 1.5 TB capacity. The answers to your questions are as follows :
For installing/replacing parts, you may refer to Service Manual.
Note : Please follow safety instructions in manual before installing parts in system.
Hope this helps.
msuk
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June 20th, 2013 09:00
Hello,
Would the following be compatible? Samsung 840 Pro SSD 250gb
www.samsung.com/.../MZ-7PD512BW
Thanks
DELL-Sundeep B
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June 20th, 2013 13:00
Hi msuk,
Yes, theoretically the drive should work. However, as mentioned earlier, Dell has not tested XPS 8000 with a SSD drive.
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December 28th, 2013 05:00
Hi,
I installed an SSHD drive on my XPS 8000 : Seagate ST2000DX001. Of course, everything is working ... except the functionnalities brought by the SSD technologies : because the last avalaible version of the XPS 8000 BIOS (A03) does not support ACPI. It is impossible to configure this option in the Bios panel.
I don't think that the Bios will evolve because the XPS 8000 does not seem to be supported. Unless Dell has time to spent ?...
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January 30th, 2014 03:00
Hi,
Have you noticed a significant increase in boot up times and general use of Windows/Applications?
Thanks
msuk
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March 13th, 2014 10:00
Apparently using RAID will support AHCI
See the following:
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/p/19482762/20263321.aspx