Ssd drive upgrade

I just installed an crucial 256gb ssd in my HP Pavilion dv7 notebook that I purchased from hp 11/2010. My problem is how can I change the ide mode to ahci mode?
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I am in the process of also adding a SSD. Per my recent thread, I was told that Win 7 automatically enables AHCI by default in the BIOS. I had also read instructions to enable it after I installed the SSD, but I was unable to locate any options to change it in the BIOS. My 256Gb Crucial M4 was added in the second bay of the DV7-6186us, however it is only showing the capacity as being 3.75gb.

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Imac ssd drive upgrade

Hi there... I have a mid-2011 iMac. I have maxed it with RAM and have a have a 7200 rpm HD in it. I use this for shoots using Capture software where the camera is tethered either using FireWire or USB2 connections. After a long day the computer begins to slow down, often crashing, even using the so-called 64-bit enabled software. I have been told that if i had an SSD drive to run my operating system and my spinning drive as a write-drive, this would speed-up and stabilize my workflow significantly. My question is whether or not i can now get Apple to perform an additional installation of an SSD drive?
If any of you have been through the same / similar process, i would love to hear about it...
Thanks!
Simon

I think whoever is offering you advice is mistaken and I would recommend you run Activity Monitor (Applications - Utilities - Activity Monitory), the next time you see a slow down look in Activity Monitor and see if there are any processes that are using a lot of CPU cycles. That will be listed as %CPU.
Also you mentioned you have maxed out the RAM so I'm assuming that means you have 16GB, is that correct? While you are in Activity Monitor click the System Memory tab and look to see how much FREE RAM you have. It will look similar to:
Finally no Apple will not install a SSD into your machine however you may be able to locate an AASP that will. While a SSD will improve
startup times
application launch times
shutdown times
times when you have a lot of IO to storage
for most day to day work you will not see improvement.

SSD drive upgrade - HP spectre x360 - 13-4001ns

I assume you used a torx size T5 driver to remove the screws on the back.

I would at the present time suggest a Samsung SM951 or XP941 as they are the fastest available at the present time. They come in 128, 256, and 512 GB. There are less expensive drives like the Samsung EVO series but they are SATA and not PCIe thus not much faster than the ADATA M.2 SSD that came with my x360 13-4003dx. Check the service manual athttp://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Spectre-13-4000-x360-Convertible-PC/7527520/model/7791774/manuals?cc=us&lang=enfor replacement procedures.

Can I upgrade my HP ENVY 14 DR DRE Laptop to a blueray and SSD drive?

HI all,
Can I upgrade my HP ENVY 14 DR DRE Laptop to a blue ray and SSD drive?
cheers

You can upgrade from HDD to SSD drive, but will not recommend it as it will void the warranty on the unit.
Pertaining to bluray drive, you might have some compatibility issues unless you find the right model.
Although I am an HP Employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
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Can't resize partition after upgrading to Yosemite (using SSD drive)

I upgraded to 10.10 and using SSD drive now. When I was using OS X 10.8.5, I could freely resize partition but not anymore. I guess because of the SSD drive and the new version of OS X, and Logical Volume Group could be involved. I don't want to waste 80 GB of SSD drive so really looking for a solution now. Thanks in advance.

Yes, that's exactly what I did. I had to go back to my old snow leopard install DVD, use the disk utility on that to repartition the drive. I made 2 partitions, installed Snow Leopard on one, used that to install Yosemite on the other partition and trashed the snow leopard install.
I haven't yet tried the Yosemite USB install method which would have probably been faster as I could have avoided installing SL.

Fusion drive upgrade question (7200rpm?+SSD swap)

If I choose the fusion drive upgrade while purchasing a mac mini, will the non SSD drive be upgraded to a 7200rpm drive as well?
Also, I would love to replace the SSD of the fusion drive with a 3rd party 256 SSD that I already own, if that's even possible.
Or should I just stick w/the stock TB drive and install my 256SSD with a data doubler kit from OWC or something like that to save me some $$$?

"If I choose the fusion drive upgrade while purchasing a mac mini, will the non SSD drive be upgraded to a 7200rpm drive as well?"
No. The hard drive component of the Fusion Drive spins at 5400rpm.
"Also, I would love to replace the SSD of the fusion drive with a 3rd party 256 SSD that I already own, if that's even possible."
It's possible. No point in upgrading to the Fusion Drive if you're going to do that, though. Read here:
http://blog.macsales.com/15617-creating-your-own-fusion-drive

Upgraded my 2009 iMac with ssd drive

Hello
I wanted to share my experience with upgrading my late 2009 iMac replacing the DVD drive with a 240GB SSD drive and upgrading the hard drive to a 3TB hard drive. Back a year ago I upgraded the factory 1TB with a seagate 2TB which was the main internal drive holding the osx. With needing more room I discovered the seagate 3TB also had the necessary heat sensor connector, so I knew that 3TB drive would work. Adding the 240GB SSD was a last minute decision. Plus, I seldom use the factory standard DVD drive and discovered that my LG brand USB dvd drive actually works when attached to the iMac. Operates just like the factory DVD drive.
So having done an upgrade before on this machine, I was not too concerned, but have to add that all did not go well this time.
Alter removing the screen and all the screws, then while carefully unplugging all the wires attached to the monitor, that one plug labeled LCD TEMP, that tiny little plug, broke at the circuit board. I was not using too much pressure and suspect the stress on these delicate connections had reached the limit. Both from the previous upgrade, and now another. The plug was simply stressed and ready to give way.
Maybe this plug was defective, I don't know, but the snap-in plug pulled the top of the black plastic circuit board connector off, exposing the two copper connector prongs. Not only that, but the two copper prongs that were now exposed were curled upward. Making re-attachment of the plug near impossible. So I figured maybe i could re-attach the tiny LCD TEMP plug back onto the exposed prongs and then electrical tape over to hold in-place. But first I had to somehow get the curl out of the two copper connector prongs for the plug to connect.
Well, while using a small screw driver to try to flatten out the curled copper prongs, one copper prong exceeded its stress level and broke off. Could not take the stress of being bent and messed with. Everything inside these machines are extremely delicate, as everyone knows only too well that has ever opened up their imac.
And now, a broken LCD TEMP circuit board connector. What to do, what to do?
Kill two birds with one stone.....
But first I wondered if this LCD TEMP sensor would keep the system from operating, so I put the machine back together, half way together, and powered it up.
The machine came to life, however, the CPU fan was running crazy fast 3800 and noisy as ****.
Googling this, I came across another person that had the same LCD TEMP cable break, and saying their CPU fan went crazy in the same way.
So I realized somehow the system needed this LCD TEMP connector, connected.
What to do, what to do?
I ran over to radio shack and bought the lowest wattage soldering iron they sold.
Now, this killing two birds with one stone part...
I had to somehow solder two new wires onto the spot where this LCD TEMP board connector attached to the circut board.
No easy task since there was only a hair-lines space between the two circuit board connectors. I had to somehow achieve the impossible.
And while at it, killing off the second bird, I could replace this LCD TEMP wire itself with new much longer wire set, making this disassemble - reassemble thing much easier.
Well I pulled it off.
I was able to solder two new wires to the spots on the circuit board where this LCD TEMP connector sits.
Without bleeding solder onto the partner connector just a hairs-line spaced between.
Then I patched in this new and longer pair of wires from the circuit board LCD TEMP to the monitor LCD TEMP sensor.
And finally, replaced the DVD drive with the new 240GB SSD drive, slapped the machine back together half way just enough to power it up, cloned the osx hard drive to the SSD drive, "option-restart" the machine and booted from the new SSD drive, everything working as it should.
I even dismounted the orginal internal hard drive holding the osx, and ran the system to ensure everything worked, which it did.
Next, tore the iMac back down, replaced the 2TB hard drive with a new 3TB hard drive, and for a final time slapped the system back together.
Everything is operating perfect,
Naturally, had to format the new 3TB hard drive, and will move all my iTunes media back to that new drive I had temporally stored on an external USB drive.
Fans are all running at normal speeds.
System is once again silent when running.
And this is the last and final time I will ever upgrade this particular machine sober.
Just some advice, this is some of the unforeseen mishaps that can occur when upgrading any iMac.
And this could have ended in disaster.
Luckily however, I had just enough luck and experience to get thru the hurdles, now I have a better, bigger, faster iMac.
Like they say, this self upgrading is not for the faint of heart.
For awhile I seen myself listing this on eBay as a dead 27" late 2009 iMac for sale for parts.
Not the case, well at least not the case this time....

Congratulations on not panicing and stating it like it is. Clearly upgrading the internals of an iMac is not for the faint of heart, I plan on keeping your post if for no other reason to show others why a do-it-yourself on an iMac is a pretty foolish thing to undertake.

HT1553 i am upgrading my 2008 macbook to an ssd drive and want to save my settings. how do i save then? I have my files backed up with time machine ,but dont want to restore all files ,as there might be some junk backed up too. Help will be appretiated

i am upgrading my 2008 macbook to an ssd drive and want to save my settings. how do i save then? I have my files backed up with time machine ,but dont want to restore all files ,as there might be some junk backed up too. Help will be appretiated

When you restore from a Time Machine back up you can pick and chose what is restored. It is not an all or nothing process. Nor do you have to do the partial restores all at the same time. If days after the first partial restore you find something else you want you can restore just that.

Macbook pro new ssd hard drive upgrade

Hi
i have a 2011 Mac book pro with a 320g hard drive. just purchased a samsung ssd 840 evo 250g hard drive that i want to upgrade.
i am backing up my current hd using time machine on a external hd drive i have .
my question is the new ssd drive i have is blank when i install it in my mac book pro will it be ok or do i need to download anything extra so it runs the operating system ?
or is their something im forgetting to do ?
i am currently running osx 10.9.2
thanks

The easiest way to do this would be to put the new drive in an external enclosure and use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy the old drive to the new one.
http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-Inch-Aluminum-Enclosure-EC-TB4P/dp/B005EIGUD4/ ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1395884125&sr=8-3&keywords=2.5+enclosure
Alternatively, you can just install the new drive, but then you'll have to boot to Internet Recovery, install Lion or whatever it is for your machine, then upgrade to Mavericks and migrate using Migration Assistant. The enclosure method is much easier.

Mac Pro (2006) SSD Hard Drive Upgrade

I have a Mac Pro from 2006, but it is running a but slow on the hard drive front. Plus, the drives are now seven years old and I do not want to chance the data failure possiblity. What is the format I need in order to get two or three new SSD drives which are compatible with my Mac Pro? Also, do I need to purchase any adapters or converters for the SSD drives to work within the machine? Finally, how do I copy my current primary drive to the new SSD drive so it could take the place of the current main SATA hard drive in the unit?

You don't need more than one SSD.
You can buy WD 10K VelocityRaptors. $100 250GB / $125 500GB / 1TB ?
Or WD Black 1-2TB for data.
Memory is important
How To Install and Remove Memory Mac Prohttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT4433
2x2GB FBDIMM DDR2 667MHz @ $35http://www.amazon.com/BUFFERED-PC2-5300-FB-DIMM-APPLE-Memory/dp/B002ORUUAC/
Yes you should replace and upgrade disk drives more like every two years. Yours (and mine) are 6 .5 yrs old now. And huge changes in capacity and performance.
To use an SSD it depends where you put it. There are 2 SATA ports unused on the logicboard you can access. An IcyDock for older Mac Pro only if you use the drive bays. I run the 2 ports out the back.
An ATI 5770 is a great upgrade for Lion.
Using Cloning as a Backup Strategy
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://www.bombich.com/software/updates/ccc-3.5.html
OS X Lion Install to Different Drive
How to create an OS X Lion installation disc MacFixIt
Migration Assistant Update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard
http://www.apple.com/support/lion/installrecovery/
Create an OS X Lion Install disc
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20080989-263/how-to-create-an-os-x-lion-ins tallation-disc
How to clone your system:
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone-backup.html
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone.html
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://www.macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120711_2-MacPro-internal-clone-ba ckup.html

Hi, I bought the macbook pro 15 3 months ago. I wanna upgrade the hard drive to 128G ssd drive. How much I should paid?

Hi, I bought the macbook pro 15 3 months ago. I wanna upgrade the hard drive to 128G ssd drive. How much I should paid?

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Hi, I bought the macbook pro 15 3 months ago. I wanna upgrade the hard drive to 128G ssd drive. How much I should paid?
Well you won't have very much storage capacity with a SSD that small, also SSD has limited writes, so it wouldn't be good for on-loading and off-loading a lot of files.
SSD isn't being securely erased due to steps to prevent their premature wear, so despite what you do in Disk Utility Secure Erase, your confidential data can still be recovered if you pass the machine on to someone else for instance.
Other than those reasons, small SSD's can be extremely fast, loading your programs and OS much faster. But the real benefit in high speed storage is transfering large amounts of files on/off the computer to ANOTHER fast device. This comes in handy for video and large music collections and so forth.
Since the SSD because of it's limited writes doesn't fit the bill as a large file transfer medium.
If you want to get a SSD drive, you can upgrade it yourself simply by ordering one online at locations like Other World Computing or NewEgg and have a 00 micro phillips head screwdriver handy.
There are instructions over at iFixit for opening your MacBook and replacing the hard drive with the SSD.
Preferably you will want to clone your present boot drive to a external drive using Carbon Copy Cloner, then making the switch and hold option to boot from the clone and then clone from the external to the new internal SSD drive.
Prices of SSD are varied, Apple won't replace it for you
This is currently the fastest SSD availalbe
http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd.php?hdd=OCZ-VERTEX3+MI

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I want to upgrade my Toshiba F-50 with an SSD-Drive 80 GB (Intel).
Can anyone recommend an SSD drive, I would like to use Intel 80 GB.
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Hi
Since Qosmio F50 support an SATA HDD controller you should use an SSD drive which supports an SATA interface
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Usually you would need to install just an SATA driver in order to recognize the SSD drive.
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Upgrade Ideapad S10-2 with SSD-drive

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Hi and welcome to lenovo forum...
unfortunatly , even when you found a minipci-e SSD ... there is no option to boot from minipci-e ...
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T450S: After upgrading main drive to SSD drive, do not see the second pre-installed SSD drive

Hello gurus, I replaced the HD with Samsung 500GB SSD, and have been loving it. However, ever since I did that, I do not see the 2nd pre-installed 15GB SANDISK SSD Drive anymore in the explorer. Anyone know what I can do to make the second drive be recognizable by the computer? This is potentially a related problem but I also have trouble installing Windows 10, because it says it can't find a partition. Can I use the second SSD drive as the partition for the install?

This smaller SSD is designed to use software and be a cache drive. It wouldn't show in File Explorer. You can check Device Manager.

Solid State Drive Upgrade Kit v300a with Windows 8.1 on Envy laptop

I am trying to install the Solid State Drive Upgrade Kit V300a in my new HP Envy with Windows 8.1. This upgrade was listed as an option for this model and was bought with the machine.
The doc lists OS supported, but Windows 8 is not in the list. Is Windows 8 supported?
The included disk labled "Arconis" includes ATIHO user guide pdfs and an HP-Drive-Install-Guide-1.15.13-327pm pdf. The install guide mentions using Arconis. The Arconis user guide says to run "setup" to install Acronis but there is no setup file on the disk. I have chosen the setting to display hidden files and there is nothing on the disk but pdfs. The v300a box claims that it includes Acronis Cloning Software.
How do I install this HP upgrade on my new HP laptop?

When requesting assistance, please provide the complete model name and/or product number of the HP computer in question. HP/Compaq makes thousands of models of computers. Without this information it may be difficult or impossible to assist you in resolving your issue.
The above requested information can be found on the bottom of your computer or inside the battery compartment. Please do not include your serial number. Please enter the model/product information into HP's Online Consumer Support page and/or post it here for our review.
YES, Windows 8 and 8.1 should be supported.
Please refer to this "HP SSD Upgrade Kit Installation Guide" for instructions on setting-up the HP SSD Upgrade Kit and cloning your factory installed hard drive. Please read the guide carefully and in its entirety. Next, assembly the SSD drive and the drive enclosure, per the instructions on page 9. Now, carefully follow the cloning instructions from page 9 to page 26.
Per the instructions, the cloning software should be on the included CD/DVD and it may be a bootable disc. However, if you are unable to locate the required software, please see www.HPSupport.pny.com to register your product and download any needed software.
If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
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