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K42JV-X1 with SSD

post #1 of 5
11/26/10 at 11:38pm
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-739-_-Product

This laptop looks to be the perfect match for my needs: 14" + great specs.

Before purchasing i would like to know if its able to take another hardrive, more specifically a 2.5" ssd. I plan on installing programs and OS files on the ssd and use the existing hardrive as storage.

Would greatly appreciate if anyone can help!
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post #2 of 5
11/26/10 at 11:54pm
Yes, you can put an SSD in the notebook as long as the SSD uses SATA (not PATA, SCSI, PCIe or SAS) as a transfer protocol.

edit: but you should know that you cannot have 2 drives in the notebook at once. If you swap in an SSD, then the existing hard drive will need to be used as an external.
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post #3 of 5
11/26/10 at 11:57pm
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Does it matter if it is sata2? (really nub question i know)

http://www.infonec.com/site/main.php...tail&id=452782
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post #4 of 5
11/27/10 at 12:01am
An SSD should have either the SATA II (3 Gbps) or III (6 Gbps) spec in order to deliver on its capable performance. The notebook already supports SATA II
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post #5 of 5
11/27/10 at 12:11am
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thanks for the info, going to pick it up tom!
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