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    Is it possible to run a DV9500 with the harddrive in the 2nd area?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by NecessaryEvil, Sep 1, 2009.

  1. NecessaryEvil

    NecessaryEvil Notebook Evangelist

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    Looking at one drive, in both areas area 1 is always significantly hotter than area 2's. A 15 C increase.

    Is it possible to set a single harddrive in the 2nd HDD area (farther away from the CPU and GPU that are causing all the heat), with the 1st area empty?


    I tried simply moving it from area 1 to area 2, and it said it couldn't find the OS. Is there a way to fix this without reinstalling?
     
    NecessaryEvil, Sep 1, 2009
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  2. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    Check the BIOS setup for a boot order setting. That's all I can think of?
     
    brianstretch, Sep 1, 2009
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    Yes it should work, you might have to change the boot order though as Brian said.
     
    flipfire, Sep 1, 2009
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    Probably not on the dv9500. I know the dv9500t bios does not support booting from the second hard drive. You can install operating systems on the second drive, but you have to boot from the 1st. I run XP and Linux from my second drive.
     
    walterdt3, Sep 2, 2009
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  5. NecessaryEvil

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    I had already looked at the boot order. Looks like Walter's right.
     
    NecessaryEvil, Sep 2, 2009
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