Posts by reyxlp

I want to upgrade the HDD's in my Dells (M65, M4400 and D630) to SSDs but I'm wondering if there's any point performance-wise of buying an SSD drive of a higher SATA classification than the system supports? Or are most of the SSDs...

Quote:Originally Posted by qhn Can't tell under the Download Sections of your Dell Models? Chipset drivers ... Precision M65 ... Intel 945GM/945PM and ICH-7M chipset Latitude D630 ... Intel GM965 chipset cheers ... Ack -- was...

Quote:Originally Posted by qhn You'd need to look into the system chipset to know for sure which SATA speed it can support. Example of Precision M4400: it has PM45 chipset supporting 1.5 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s SATA drive cheers...

Quote:Originally Posted by qhn eSATA definition ... "External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or eSATA is an external interface for SATA technologies. It competes with FireWire 400 and universal serial bus (USB) 2.0 to provide...

I am looking into upgrading my hard drives on three Dell laptops I use to SSD drives but I don't want to overspend on drive performance if my eSata controller won't support the full performance capability of the SSD drive. Can anyone...

I'm shopping for a Seagate GoFlex interface and I'm wondering which would give me the fastest data tranfer rates to the drive. I have a Precision M4400. Best I can tell, I have USB 2.0 ports, a 1394 and an e-Sata but I don't know if...

Anyone does this successfully? Running Vista Ultimate 64. Keep getting error message - it sees it but can't pair. Please help! Thanks.

Used to work as a computer consultant but that was almost 20 years ago. Feel like a total newbie now and could use a little guidance. I have a Precision M4400 at home and a Latitude D630 at work. Ideally, I would like the following...

Just picked up an M4400. Came with Vista Business x86, and the "ambient light sensor" was working fine. I installed Vista Ultimate x64 but now I can't get the "a.l.s." to work. To be clear: it doesn't...

Ah - thanks! Yes, when I rebooted it was super fast.