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    Intel 320 Arrived & Installed :)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by MoInSTL, Jan 4, 2012.

  1. MoInSTL

    MoInSTL Notebook Consultant

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    The drive arrived around noon. Easy peasy except for the tiny screws. Cheap metal bracket, but it does the job.

    Did a clean install of Windows 7 Professional x64 from flash drive. Took less than 15 minutes. I have a 1TB eSATA drive dock so I just launched other stuff from there. Loaded the chipset drivers, management drivers, then the Toolbox. Ran through everything on the Toolbox, ran a command prompt to verify Trim is on and that's pretty much it. I ran those first 3 in that order before loading other drivers, etc. FWIW, it came with the latest firmware already installed. 4PC10362 The pack date was 11/11/11.

    Palm rest is much cooler and everything is snappy. No need for a spacer and it's pretty clear that Intel rep was trying to up-sell me the retail kit by saying Toolbox may not work on an OEM drive.

    Couldn't be happier.
     
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    Bobmitch Notebook Virtuoso

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    Welcome to the SSD club...good to see it go so smoothly! Also...another benefit of the tool kit is that you can firmware flash through it. I have a factory installed 300 GB Intel 320 in my HP Envy...and the HP firmware flasher won't recognize my SSD. Intel Tookbox found a firmware update...flashed and rebooted...in a matter of a few seconds. Check your firmware...most updated one from Intel is 4PC10362
     
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    I have been using an intel 320 drive (160 GB) since April '11. Have never had any issues since the very first day.


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    MoInSTL Notebook Consultant

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    I posted the firmware version (shipped with most recent) in my original post. ;)
    "FWIW, it came with the latest firmware already installed. 4PC10362 The pack date was 11/11/11."

    Not first SSD. Had one in my Dell Mini 9. But first one in this laptop.
     
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