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    original area 51 m7700-ssd?

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by cdnalien, Apr 22, 2012.

  1. cdnalien

    cdnalien Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,

    I own an all original area 51 m7700 since 2005 which now sits in my office as a show peice. I used it heavily for gaming in its first two years so it went back to AW in 2007 for a complete warranty overhaul including mb, hd, and extra ram up to 2 gb. Since then, she's been a show peice only! But works perfectly!

    Although I run several much more newer machines, For nostalgic reasons, I've been thinking of bringing her back as my main machine so I am wondering if it is possible to replace the hd with a ssd.

    I'm planning on running xp.

    Thanks in advance for any response.
     
    cdnalien, Apr 22, 2012
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    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Hello, Cdnalien, yes it is possible to install a SSD In it assuming you have the SATA connectors.
    My advice is to not go for an expensive one because your system won't take full advantage of it.

    Find yourself a nice 2nd generation Intel of your preffered size and you should be good to go.
     
    katalin_2003, Apr 23, 2012
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  3. cdnalien

    cdnalien Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you very much for that response...Dont all these models have the SATA connector in?

    Cheers
     
    cdnalien, Apr 26, 2012
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    cdnalien Notebook Enthusiast

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    Actually, I was wrong. It is an IDE. Can you find SSDs with IDE connection? Everything I find has been discontinuted...
     
    cdnalien, May 17, 2012
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    I didn't even know SSD's were made for IDE. It would certainly NOT be worth the price though due to how much the IDE interface would restrict the SSD. You most likely wouldn't see a difference between the SSD and the HDD.
     
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    cdnalien Notebook Enthusiast

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    I did research this point and it pretty much depends who you talk too- some say the IDE will restrict it and others say it won't...In the end, its not that important since I can't seem to find an IDE SSD...So, I have decided to just go with a new larger capacity regular hdd
     
    cdnalien, May 17, 2012
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