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Problem with Inspiron 910 upgrading hard drive.
Hi Everyone!
I was giving a presumed dead Inspiron 910. I purchased a new a/c adapter and after letting it charge, it booted right up and holds a charge wonderfully. It is running Windows XP on its 8 GB SSD. I purchased a 64 GB SSD and installed it along with a 2 GB ram stick.
When I power it up, the power LED lights up for 3 seconds and then goes dark. No splash screen, no POST, no BIOS, nothing. I put the original 8 GB drive back in and it boots right up. Put back the 64 GB and get the same thing. Power LED for 3 seconds and then it goes dark. I did some research and found reference to the 910 not supporting a 64 GB SSD but that several people have them running with 32 GB drives. I returned the 64 and ordered the 32 GB drive.
I installed the 32 and it does exactly the same thing. I put the 8 GB drive back in and it boots right up. I have tried pulling the battery and powering up off the a/c adapter only and it has no effect.
Does anyone have any ideas? I have seen online that others are running the 910 with 32 GB SSD. Any information, suggestions, or ideas will be greatly appreciated. Thank you all in advance e and have a great day!
Respectfully,
George D.
ejn63
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July 17th, 2014 09:00
What model SSD did you purchase? Although these look superficially like the now common mSATA SSDs, they're not mSATA - they are parallel ATA SSDs. Only that type of SSD will work.
You need a drive like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Kingspec-64GB-PATA-miniPCIE-Vostro/dp/B008KWD0Z2
NOT this:
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-SSDNow-Internal-SMS100S2-64G/dp/B0062CHMZG/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1405611298&sr=1-1&keywords=64G+msata+ssd
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July 17th, 2014 10:00
I purchased the mSATA. :emotion-6: Looks like another drive is going back to Amazon. Will the 910 support 64 GB hard drive? Thank you so much for the information. It is greatly appreciated!
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July 17th, 2014 12:00
Supposedly it will -- but your choices in parallel ATA mini-PCIe cards are very limited. These devices were never all that popular and aren't widely used.