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    Dv9000z & Ssd

    Discussion in 'HP' started by LordRasta, Feb 22, 2011.

  1. LordRasta

    LordRasta Notebook Consultant

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    I have this old DV9000Z and a old Samsung 64gb SSD. No matter what I do, I cannot get this HP to use this SSD as a boot disk. It won't let me install Windows 7 to it, nothing. I've tried all kinds of nVidia nforce sata controller drivers and still no joy. Anyone know the magic secret here?
     
    LordRasta, Feb 22, 2011
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    Could it be SATA-1 vs. SATA-2? The SSD is SATA-2 for sure.
     
    LordRasta, Feb 22, 2011
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    Does the DV9000z have two drive bays like the DV9500t does? If so, do you have the SSD in the correct bay?

    The SSD "Should" be backward compatable with SATA-1. You may wnat to check if there is a jumper needed to make this happen.

    Have you checked the SSD in another system?
     
    walterdt3, Feb 23, 2011
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    Yes I've ensured I'm using bay #1, I've tried it both with and without a second drive in bay #2. There are no jumpers on the drive and it works fine in every Dell laptop I stick it in. It just doesn't like this HP or the HP doesn't like it.
     
    LordRasta, Feb 23, 2011
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    If it works in every Dell, install it in a Dell, Install Windows, but don't activate it. Then move the drive to the HP and see if it works.

    Also, when you go into bios, does it see the drive?
     
    walterdt3, Feb 24, 2011
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    Tried that, it wouldn't boot and no the bios doesn't see it. The #2 bay might see it but I want to boot/run win 7 from it. No big deal, I'll just build another Dell.
     
    LordRasta, Feb 24, 2011
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