Upgrated dm4t-1100 with ssd drive of 256gb

Hello ,
I want to upgrade my storage unit with a ssd drive of 256gb :
a) Crucial 256 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s
or 
b )OCZ Technology 256GB Vertex 4 Series SATA 6.0 GB/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive
1. Product Name and Number
pavilion dm4t-1100
 2. Operating System installed (if applicable)
Windows 7 64-bit
I updated the bios of my laptop via hp web page; and i don't know if there a problem with high capacity 256 gb of ssd, could be a problem for this old laptop? i need something else special update or drive??
and wich could be the best ssd unit ( Crucial 256 GB m4 2.5-Inch or OCZ Technology 256GB Vertex 4 Series 2.5-Inch)
thanks
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Hi,
Your laptop supports only SATA II connection so it's a bit pointless to buy any SATA III SSD as they will work as SATA II drives. The service manual says that DM4 laptops support 160GB solid state drives so any SSD should work as I don't think that the capacity is a limit. OCZ, Intel, Corsair and some others have good drives so pick one of the SATA II series of these manufacturers. I have seen some cases that a SATA III SSD didn't work but a SATA II one did on older laptops. Perhaps the newest SATA controllers and older BIOSes might cause some compatibility issues..
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