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Old 09-25-2014, 12:14 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by DoubleF View Post
How old is you laptop? I'm pretty sure my Core 2 Duo T7200 Dell runs that exact HDD (might be the 60GB instead though) and it works great as my dedicated HTPC for streaming netflix.

I don't actually need the drive, but I'm surprised you're saying it's not compatible with an old laptop. This is a good buy. Even a 7-8 year old laptop should do a lazarus for you with this properly installed.
It's a Dell D820 from like 2005. There is no BIOS setting to enable AHCI for this particular SSD model to run. No new BIOS either.

Shame, as it's a great laptop, chained to one very slow 80GB 5400rpm drive....
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