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‎02-14-2015 05:44 AM

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Problems with SSDs in the DV6000/DV9000 machines are in the dvx000-dvx499 models with AMD processor. Those are not truly SATA machines so there is no AHCI available and SSDs want AHCI to work properly. All Intel models of the dv6000 and dv9000 as well as AMD models with dvx500 and higher have true SATA (ahci) support. Even in the older AMD models I think an SSD will "work" to some extent but will never be optimized properly so an SSD is a bit of a waste. Get a 7200 rpm mechanical drive with a big cache and you will be better off. 

‎02-17-2015 03:13 PM - edited ‎02-17-2015 03:17 PM

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Well, I was able to partition and NTFS format the SSD in another windows laptop, and then when I put the SSD back in my DV6000, the Windows 8 installation went smooth.  Appears my issue was just with the disk partition software/drivers used by the windows installer.  My DV6000 now has new life and is actually very repsonsive  with the SSD.  Wish I had done it earlier... vista with a 5400RPM drive was painfully slow.

‎07-21-2015 03:17 AM

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@Huffer wrote:
Problems with SSDs in the DV6000/DV9000 machines are in the dvx000-dvx499 models with AMD processor. Those are not truly SATA machines so there is no AHCI available and SSDs want AHCI to work properly. All Intel models of the dv6000 and dv9000 as well as AMD models with dvx500 and higher have true SATA (ahci) support. Even in the older AMD models I think an SSD will "work" to some extent but will never be optimized properly so an SSD is a bit of a waste. Get a 7200 rpm mechanical drive with a big cache and you will be better off. 
@digitaldac wrote:

Well, I was able to partition and NTFS format the SSD in another windows laptop, and then when I put the SSD back in my DV6000, the Windows 8 installation went smooth.  Appears my issue was just with the disk partition software/drivers used by the windows installer.  My DV6000 now has new life and is actually very repsonsive  with the SSD.  Wish I had done it earlier... vista with a 5400RPM drive was painfully slow.

I am a bit confused among the so many threads contradicted to one another.

 

I have a HP Pavilion dv6860ev and from what Huffer said I will be able to use a SSD (Corsair is my choice). But from another thread, I read that once BIOS does not have the Boot Option "Enhanced SATA Support" to switch between SATA and AHCI and vice versa, then this is a no-no for buying a SSD because it will not work?

 

So, which opinion is more powerful? I do not want to mess up myself and the shop by returning products which we could know about their compatibility.

Digitaldac, thanks for the post, but this applies once we know that SSD really is compatible. But it was useful information to know for the next step 😉
Thanks everybody for your replies a-priori.

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‎07-21-2015 05:24 AM

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I stand by my response. The dv6860ev has the 965 chipset and supports native SATA (ahci) so an SSD will work. 

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