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    Will a DV5t take an SSD?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by zijin_cheng, Jan 30, 2011.

  1. zijin_cheng

    zijin_cheng Notebook Evangelist

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    Will my DV5T take an SSD? will it accept it or will it just not work?

    What plug does my DV5T use? also, what size SSD should I get? 1.8", 2.5"?

    If it does, can anyone recoomend me one with value for money? In canada
     
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    2.0 Former NBR Macro-Mod®

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    Yes it works fine. 2.5". I have one (OCZ Vertex) in my DV5. I also have a optical bay HDD caddy which now has a 500GB WD Black 7200RPM drive.

    Exact model of the HDD optical bay: NEW Sata 2nd HDD Caddy Adapter IBM Thinkpad R400 DV16 - eBay (item 250710608227 end time Feb-09-11 18:25:57 PST)

    You can also see pics of my install here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...e-using-optical-bay-caddy-36.html#post7025244

    Note that the faceplate from the optical can be transferred to the optical caddy.
     
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