Hi there . Would a Kingston A400 SSD fit my hp6910p laptop? Thanks

[jasestew]

Hi there. Would a Kingston A400 SSD fit and be compatible with my hp6910p laptop? thanks

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

It will fit, but I have no idea if it will work.

I can tell you that an Intel 535 SSD fits and works in the 6910p, because I installed one in mine and it works great.

Intel no longer makes that model drive anymore, and they have moved on to the Intel 540s series.

[jasestew]

Thanks Paul .

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

I don't see why it wouldn't work, but SSD's were not supported in the 6910p, which was why I decided to experiment with an Intel SSD, since the notebook has an Intel chipset and drive controller.

[jasestew]

They are both very similar SSD 's so i will give it a try anyway.

[jasestew]

Your intel ssd ia sata 3 is that correct?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, I agree, and you can get that model in 120 GB for $30 bucks on Amazon.  What a deal.

If it doesn't work, put it in a newer model notebook.

Yes, the Intel 535 is SATA III, but your notebook will only run a SATA III drive at the SATA II speed, because that is all the Mobile Intel 965 chipset can handle.

Still makes a world of difference.

I also installed 2 x 4 GB of memory in mine when you could still get a pair of 4 GB memory chips for $60 bucks.

[jasestew]

Hi Paul, just another question, when you sitched to SSD, does the pc still boot from the harddrive?  ie.....is the BIOS the same?  Thanks , Jase

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, Jase:

All I did was to swap out the mechanical hard drive for the SSD, boot from the OS installation DVD, and install windows.

I didn't have to do anything else.  I made no changes to or in the BIOS, etc.

Totally normal operation.

[jasestew]

Ok thanks very much for your help Paul , cheers,  Jase.