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April 29th, 2013 04:00

SSD SATA 3 in Inspiron 1564

Hello,

I've decided to replace the factory WD 500GB ATA disk with a OCZ Agility 3 SATA 3 240GB SSD in my Inspiron 1564 laptop.

I know, the laptop does not support SATA 3 so I expect lower speed performance but how much lower?

I mean, will I/O be any faster or it is a total waste of money?

 

FYI, I am running Windows 7 64bit and I am working with Visual Studio 2010 and SQL Server 2008 most of the time (which means, a lot of I/O activity).

 

Please, any answer is most appreciated.

 

 

 

 

 

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    DELL-Rajath N

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    Posted April 29th, 2013 04:00

    Hi dimpant,

    Inspiron 1564 supports SATA 2 drives and the maximum speed of SATA 2 is 3 Gbps. The performance of the SSD would be better than the hard drive.

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    DELL-Rajath N

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    Posted April 29th, 2013 07:00

    Hi dimpant,

    Yes, Inspiron 1564 supports SATA 2.

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    dimpant

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    Posted April 29th, 2013 07:00

    Thank you for your prompt reply,

    are you sure it supports SATA 2? I've bought it back in 2010...

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    dimpant

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    Posted April 29th, 2013 08:00

    thank you very much, I suppose the upgrade makes some sense now :)

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    Posted May 29th, 2013 07:00

    Is there a place to put the SSD without removing the HDD ?

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    DELL-Sundeep B

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    Posted May 29th, 2013 08:00

    Hi shukera,

    There are various options available depending upon the system model and configuration shipped at the time of purchase. Modern systems support mSATA slot with the help of a daughter board connected to system board which might be used for installing mSATA SSD. Also, many users have successfully reported installing a SSD in optical drive bay using a caddy. You may refer to article Here.

    Note : Dell has neither tested nor endorses these kind of upgrades.

    If you have any further questions, please share the system model in use. I would be glad to help you.

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    Posted December 7th, 2014 09:00

    When installing SSD hard drive instead of the IDE - do I also need to update the BIOS or maybe update driver ?

    Hopefully the SSD hard drive is compatible and replacing the IDE hard drive as is, but if not what do I need to do to make it work? 

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    Posted December 7th, 2014 14:00

    Hi Mirony,

    We can't help unless you provide the model of your Dell and operating system.

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    Posted December 8th, 2014 04:00

    The model is Insparion 1564 and the OS is Windows 7, home premium (64 bit if i'm not mistaken). 

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    Posted December 8th, 2014 23:00

    I was looking for model number on the laptop and i found the following tags:

    In my receipt I found - I5-A50

    Under the laptop I found - Service tag 9ML4YLI

    On the envelop that I received with the laptop I found: Dell P/N ORWY5M.

    If that isn’t enough please let me know were to look to get the information you need in order to provide me with an answer.

    The background: My disk crashed and I need to replace it anyway. I prefer to install SSD HD and want to be sure the laptop will support it and what steps I need to take to make it happen (like update BIOS or install drivers etc.). 

    I'm looking forward to get the answer. Thanks you. 

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