https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/compatbility-of-ssds-and-laptops/m-p/141#M3 <P>Thinking of upgrading my laptop with a SSD. Is there a compatibility chart somewhere to make sure it will work in my laptop or will it work in any laptop?</P> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:40:31 GMT SA10 2009-03-24T17:40:31Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/compatbility-of-ssds-and-laptops/m-p/141#M3 <P>Thinking of upgrading my laptop with a SSD. Is there a compatibility chart somewhere to make sure it will work in my laptop or will it work in any laptop?</P> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:40:31 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/compatbility-of-ssds-and-laptops/m-p/141#M3 SA10 2009-03-24T17:40:31Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/compatbility-of-ssds-and-laptops/m-p/142#M4 <P>You should visit: <A href="http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/ssd-info-center.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/ssd-info-center.htm</A> <A href="http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/ssd-info-center.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/ssd-info-center.htm</A> It's the Intel Solid State Drive center.</P> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:43:23 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/compatbility-of-ssds-and-laptops/m-p/142#M4 SAdco 2009-03-24T17:43:23Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/compatbility-of-ssds-and-laptops/m-p/143#M5 <P>The Intel® Solid-State Drive product brief: <A href="http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/mainstream-sata-ssd-product-brief.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/mainstream-sata-ssd-product-brief.pdf</A> <A href="http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/mainstream-sata-ssd-product-brief.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/mainstream-sata-ssd-product-brief.pdf</A>, contains compatibility information:</P><P></P><P>"Compatibility: SATA revision 2.6 compliant. Compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s with Native Command Queuing and SATA 1.5 Gb/s interface rates"</P><P></P><P>There are also form factor considerations mentioned in the product brief: "X18-M: 1.8¨ Industry Standard Hard Drive Form Factor, and</P>X25-M: 2.5¨ Industry Standard Hard Drive Form Factor"<P></P><P>According to the product's datasheet: <A href="http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/mainstream-sata-ssd-datasheet.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/mainstream-sata-ssd-datasheet.pdf</A> <A href="http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/mainstream-sata-ssd-datasheet.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/mainstream-sata-ssd-datasheet.pdf</A>,</P><P>An Intel Solid-State Drive "... allows interchangeability with existing mobile hard drives based on the SATA interface standard."</P><P></P><P>So in order for your laptop to be compatible with an Intel SSD, your laptop has to have a SATA connection for the drive. Check your laptop product specifications or your system manufacturer to see if your particular laptop support SATA drives.</P><P></P><P>For more information on the SATA interface, please see the following web site: <A href="http://www.serialata.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.serialata.org/</A> <A href="http://www.serialata.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.serialata.org/</A></P> Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:49:50 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/compatbility-of-ssds-and-laptops/m-p/143#M5 John_S_Intel 2009-03-26T17:49:50Z