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    SSD issues

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by old dog, Mar 6, 2009.

  1. old dog

    old dog Newbie

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    Sorry I'm new here and I did try and search first.

    I have a Dell XPS m1210 and I am trying to replace my hitachi 80 gig 7200rpm SATA with a Runcore 64g SATA III SSD. I can't get the system to see the drive. This SSD has a usb connector and I can see the drive through USB but when I install the drive and look at the BIOS it says "none" for primary hard drive. I upgraded my BIOS to A08 which is the most current.

    Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
     
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  2. Mormegil83

    Mormegil83 I Love Lamp.

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    is SATA 3 out yet? If your drive is SATA 3 it could be a compatibility issue with your (i'm assumeing) SATA 2 notebook interface. never heard of this runcore drive...
     
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    old dog Newbie

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    Sorry not a SATA III its a SATA. I have Runcore pro III sata SSD. I happen to have heard of it on another site. Don't know how good it is. here's a link: http://www.runcore.com/index.asp
     
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    Mormegil83 I Love Lamp.

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    by the specs read/write 177mbs/95mbs looks like a jmicron controller MLC drive. i think i've heard of this issue concerning other jmicron drives (OCZ). you may want to take a look at the ocz forums or think about returning it.
     
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    Returning it on Monday

    Thanks for your help/advice.
     
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    ronan_zj Notebook Evangelist

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    buy a vertex, intel . Also, u can buy samsung 256G from DELL website.
     
    ronan_zj, Mar 6, 2009
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