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Change HDD to Samsung SSD in 15R
Hi,
My original HDD (1Tb) from my Dell 15R died a few weeks ago, so I was thinking about replacing it with a SSD.
I have a good deal on the Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5-inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive.
But I read somewhere that it would not be compatible with my 15R.
Is that true? Are there any risks? Is it going to work fine?
Thank you!
DELL-Ravi Ch
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October 21st, 2014 22:00
Hi julien.desjardins,
2.5 inche SSD is compatible with the Inspiron 15R system. If the system supports SATA 2 technology then the system will downgrade from SATA 3 speed to SATA 2 speed if SATA 3 SSD is connected.
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October 22nd, 2014 04:00
OK thanks.
What would that SATA change do to the system? slower or something?
How about system compatibility?
DELL-Ravi Ch
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October 28th, 2014 09:00
Hi Julien,
The 2.5 inch SSD is compatible with the system. However the motherboard works on SATA 2 data operation speed 3Gb/s but SATA 3 data operation speed is 6Gb/s. If the SSD is SATA 3 then it will downgrade to 3Gb/s data operation transfer.