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SSD in an Inspiron 1000
Has anyone succeeded in replacing the HD in an Inspiron 1000 with an SSD? I can't get the BIOS to recognize it.
TIA.
Bill
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Has anyone succeeded in replacing the HD in an Inspiron 1000 with an SSD? I can't get the BIOS to recognize it.
TIA.
Bill
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ejn63
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October 23rd, 2010 04:00
First, did you use an EIDE SSD? The 1000 doesn't take SATA. There aren't many of these.
If it IS EIDE, did you attach the blade adapter to the back of the drive? Without it, the drive won't connect to the system board.
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October 23rd, 2010 07:00
Thanks for responding. The SSD is definitely an IDE (hard to find and much slower than SATA). I did not see a blade adapter to remove from the original drive. The new one feels like its mating properly and the screw holes line up as they should. If present, this adapter should come out with the hard drive, right?
Bill
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October 23rd, 2010 09:00
Compare the two drives. Every Dell I've seen with an EIDE drive needs a blade adapter that fits over the pins on the drive - without it, the drive doesn't connect to the system board.
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October 23rd, 2010 16:00
No adapter.
Bill