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dell studio 1558 with ssd
Hey guys, I have a 1558 with a 540m 2.53 i5 pros and 6 gb of ram along with a 500gb hard disk. I want a ssd to speed up my system. Are there any known issues in using a intel 330 or 520 120gb ssd. Any tips of bios options i need to turn off or anything ?. Any advise ?
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DELL-Chinmay S
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January 16th, 2013 22:00
Hi sashika90,
Dell has tested Studio 1558 with 128 GB and 256 GB SSD. The drive itself comes in a 2.5-inch form factor. You can use either of Intel 330 or 520 series SSD that might work with computer. You can also compare the specifications for both from the links: http://intel.ly/XFu9SE and http://intel.ly/URY1cj
There are so specific settings to change in system BIOS. You can simply remove the older hard drive and can install a new one. To know detailed instructions on replacing the hard drive, you can check the link: http://dell.to/VoO3Sl
Please reply for further clarifications.
sashika90
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January 16th, 2013 22:00
Hey,
Just to clarify, so you guys have tested the 1558 with both of these intel drives and there should be no issues at all in just doing a plug and play with either ssd.
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sashika90
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January 17th, 2013 19:00
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DELL-Chinmay S
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January 18th, 2013 03:00
Hi sashika90,
Both Hard drive and SSD have sata connectors. A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. Solid-state is an electrical term that refers to electronic circuitry that is built entirely out of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media.
Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), instead of a flash memory, is often called a RAM-drive. You can also refer to link: http://dell.to/UzH8F6
HDD shipped with your computer was SATA II and the Intel SSD is SATA III. SATA III is backward compatible, so it should work with the computer. However, it will work at speed of SATA II. Therefore you might not get a considerable increase in performance. However, SSD drives are most reliable in case of data storage and safety.
Hope it helps.
danielversola
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February 21st, 2013 22:00