Before you talk about replacing HD's with SSD's you need to setup some baseline of things that need to be handled and discussed with the customer.
You need to gage what the customers needs are. Someone who is a packrat wanting to have everything on his system may need a dual drive config if they don't want to go to the poorhouse with a larger SSD.
I still think a lot of people needs can still be handled with a hybrid SSHD drive which is still less expensive than a SSD of the same size.
If they are so gun-ho for a SSD then you need to think this though:
* What is the systems SATA port - SATA I (1.5 Gb/s), SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) or SATA III (6.0 Gb/s)?
* If the current drive is slower than what the system could support does the drives SATA cable need replacing as well? A common issue with MacBook Pro's.
* If swapping out the optical drive for a SSD is the port able to support the drive properly?
* Systems firmware up to date?
* OS up to date?
* Afterwards will the given drive have enough free space? 128/256 GB drives 1/3 needs to be left free 512 GB and larger 1/4, otherwise you'll wear out the drive prematurely.
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* 2.5" or 3.5" SATA, 1.8" ZIF, mSATA, M.2 or custom blade drive in the case of Apple. mSATA, PCIe rev1 or rev2, and PCIe lane width x2 Vs x4 signaling. Onboard housekeeping or TRIM services.
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* 2.5" or 3.5" SATA, 1.8" ZIF, mSATA, M.2 or custom blade drive in the case of Apple. mSATA, PCIe AHCI (rev1) or NVMe (rev2), and PCIe lane width x2 Vs x4 signaling. Onboard housekeeping or TRIM services.
* Needed cables and frame (screws & bushings) present in the system? If swapping out a 3.5" need adapter frame.
* Thermal sensor issues: Need to install a replacement sensor?
* What OS's does the SSD utilities support? Is it important the customer have access to them?
'''Pitfalls:'''
Not all SSD's play nice in older systems! You need to review the drives specs and make sure it will work in the system. As an example the SATA I system may not be able to support the SSD you are thinking of installing.
In the case of MacBook & MacBook Pro systems moving the HD from its current port to an optical drive carrier may not be a smart move! While it will work in most cases, the optical drive port does not offer HD crash guard protection, so if the customer fails to wait for the drive to spin down it could crash the drive from a bang! So its best to leave the drive in its original location.
But! in some cases you're between a rock and a hard place as the optical carrier is also converting the drives SATA connection to PATA which is what the system is expecting (older systems). Then you often are forced to move the drive over as the PATA I/O is just too slow for the SSD this is where a SSHD is better suited.
A second problem in the MacBook Pro's & Mac mini's is the quasi SATA III interface the optical drive connection has. In some the timing is off so you need to use a fixed SATA II drive (either HD or SSD) otherwise you'll encounter problems. Auto SATA port sense drives won't work reliably either!
Before you talk about replacing HD's with SSD's you need to setup some baseline of things that need to be handled and discussed with the customer.
You need to gage what the customers needs are. Someone who is a packrat wanting to have everything on his system may need a dual drive config if they don't want to go to the poorhouse with a larger SSD.
I still think a lot of people needs can still be handled with a hybrid SSHD drive which is still less expensive than a SSD of the same size.
If they are so gun-ho for a SSD then you need to think this though:
* What is the systems SATA port - SATA I (1.5 Gb/s), SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) or SATA III (6.0 Gb/s)?
* If the current drive is slower than what the system could support does the drives SATA cable need replacing as well? A common issue with MacBook Pro's.
* If swapping out the optical drive for a SSD is the port able to support the drive properly?
* Systems firmware up to date?
* OS up to date?
* Afterwards will the given drive have enough free space? 128/256 GB drives 1/3 needs to be left free 512 GB and larger 1/4, otherwise you'll wear out the drive prematurely.
* 2.5" or 3.5" SATA, 1.8" ZIF, mSATA, M.2 or custom blade drive in the case of Apple. mSATA, PCIe rev1 or rev2, and PCIe lane width x2 Vs x4 signaling. Onboard housekeeping or TRIM services.
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* Needed cables and frame present in the system? If swapping out a 3.5" need adapter frame.
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* Needed cables and frame (screws & bushings) present in the system? If swapping out a 3.5" need adapter frame.
* Thermal sensor issues: Need to install a replacement sensor?
* What OS's does the SSD utilities support? Is it important the customer have access to them?
'''Pitfalls:'''
Not all SSD's play nice in older systems! You need to review the drives specs and make sure it will work in the system. As an example the SATA I system may not be able to support the SSD you are thinking of installing.
In the case of MacBook & MacBook Pro systems moving the HD from its current port to an optical drive carrier may not be a smart move! While it will work in most cases, the optical drive port does not offer HD crash guard protection, so if the customer fails to wait for the drive to spin down it could crash the drive from a bang! So its best to leave the drive in its original location.
But! in some cases you're between a rock and a hard place as the optical carrier is also converting the drives SATA connection to PATA which is what the system is expecting (older systems). Then you often are forced to move the drive over as the PATA I/O is just too slow for the SSD this is where a SSHD is better suited.
A second problem in the MacBook Pro's & Mac mini's is the quasi SATA III interface the optical drive connection has. In some the timing is off so you need to use a fixed SATA II drive (either HD or SSD) otherwise you'll encounter problems. Auto SATA port sense drives won't work reliably either!
Before you talk about replacing HD's with SSD's you need to setup some baseline of things that need to be handled and discussed with the customer.
You need to gage what the customers needs are. Someone who is a packrat wanting to have everything on his system may need a dual drive config if they don't want to go to the poorhouse with a larger SSD.
I still think a lot of people needs can still be handled with a hybrid SSHD drive which is still less expensive than a SSD of the same size.
If they are so gun-ho for a SSD then you need to think this though:
* What is the systems SATA port - SATA I (1.5 Gb/s), SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) or SATA III (6.0 Gb/s)?
* If the current drive is slower than what the system could support does the drives SATA cable need replacing as well? A common issue with MacBook Pro's.
* If swapping out the optical drive for a SSD is the port able to support the drive properly?
* Systems firmware up to date?
* OS up to date?
* Afterwards will the given drive have enough free space? 128/256 GB drives 1/3 needs to be left free 512 GB and larger 1/4, otherwise you'll wear out the drive prematurely.
* 2.5" or 3.5" SATA, 1.8" ZIF, mSATA, M.2 or custom blade drive in the case of Apple. mSATA, PCIe rev1 or rev2, and PCIe lane width x2 Vs x4 signaling. Onboard housekeeping or TRIM services.
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* Needed cables and frame present in the system? If swapping out a 3.5" need adapter frame.
+
* Thermal sensor issues: Need to install a replacement sensor?
* What OS's does the SSD utilities support? Is it important the customer have access to them?
'''Pitfalls:'''
Not all SSD's play nice in older systems! You need to review the drives specs and make sure it will work in the system. As an example the SATA I system may not be able to support the SSD you are thinking of installing.
-
In the case of MacBook & MacBook Pro systems moving the HD from its current port to an optical drive carrier may not be a smart move! While it will work in most cases, the optical drive port does not offer HD crash guard protection, so if the customer fails to wait for the drive to spin down it could crash the drive from a bang! So its best to leave the drive in its original location.
+
In the case of MacBook & MacBook Pro systems moving the HD from its current port to an optical drive carrier may not be a smart move! While it will work in most cases, the optical drive port does not offer HD crash guard protection, so if the customer fails to wait for the drive to spin down it could crash the drive from a bang! So its best to leave the drive in its original location.
But! in some cases you're between a rock and a hard place as the optical carrier is also converting the drives SATA connection to PATA which is what the system is expecting (older systems). Then you often are forced to move the drive over as the PATA I/O is just too slow for the SSD this is where a SSHD is better suited.
A second problem in the MacBook Pro's & Mac mini's is the quasi SATA III interface the optical drive connection has. In some the timing is off so you need to use a fixed SATA II drive (either HD or SSD) otherwise you'll encounter problems. Auto SATA port sense drives won't work reliably either!
Before you talk about replacing HD's with SSD's you need to setup some baseline of things that need to be handled and discussed with the customer.
You need to gage what the customers needs are. Someone who is a packrat wanting to have everything on his system may need a dual drive config if they don't want to go to the poorhouse with a larger SSD.
I still think a lot of people needs can still be handled with a hybrid SSHD drive which is still less expensive than a SSD of the same size.
If they are so gun-ho for a SSD then you need to think this though:
* What is the systems SATA port - SATA I (1.5 Gb/s), SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) or SATA III (6.0 Gb/s)?
* If the current drive is slower than what the system could support does the drives SATA cable need replacing as well? A common issue with MacBook Pro's.
* If swapping out the optical drive for a SSD is the port able to support the drive properly?
* Systems firmware up to date?
* OS up to date?
* Afterwards will the given drive have enough free space? 128/256 GB drives 1/3 needs to be left free 512 GB and larger 1/4, otherwise you'll wear out the drive prematurely.
* 2.5" or 3.5" SATA, 1.8" ZIF, mSATA, M.2 or custom blade drive in the case of Apple. mSATA, PCIe rev1 or rev2, and PCIe lane width x2 Vs x4 signaling. Onboard housekeeping or TRIM services.
* What OS's does the SSD utilities support? Is it important the customer have access to them?
'''Pitfalls:'''
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Not all SSD's play nice in older systems! You need to review the drives specs and make sure it will work in the system. As an example the SATA I system may not be able to support the SSD you are thinking of installing.
-
In the case of MacBook & MacBook Pro systems moving the HD from its current port to an optical drive carrier may not be a smart move! While it will work in most cases the optical drive port does not offer HD crash guard protection so if the customer fails to wait for the drive to spin down it could crash the drive from a bang! So its best to leave the drive in its original location. But! in some cases you're between a rock and a hard place as the optical carrier is also converting the drives SATA connection to PATA which is what the system is expecting (older systems). Then you often are forced to move the drive over as the PATA I/O is just to slow for the SSD.
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In the case of MacBook & MacBook Pro systems moving the HD from its current port to an optical drive carrier may not be a smart move! While it will work in most cases, the optical drive port does not offer HD crash guard protection, so if the customer fails to wait for the drive to spin down it could crash the drive from a bang! So its best to leave the drive in its original location.
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But! in some cases you're between a rock and a hard place as the optical carrier is also converting the drives SATA connection to PATA which is what the system is expecting (older systems). Then you often are forced to move the drive over as the PATA I/O is just too slow for the SSD this is where a SSHD is better suited.
A second problem in the MacBook Pro's & Mac mini's is the quasi SATA III interface the optical drive connection has. In some the timing is off so you need to use a fixed SATA II drive (either HD or SSD) otherwise you'll encounter problems. Auto SATA port sense drives won't work reliably either!
Before you talk about replacing HD's with SSD's you need to setup some baseline of things that need to be handled and discussed with the customer.
You need to gage what the customers needs are. Someone who is a packrat wanting to have everything on his system may need a dual drive config if they don't want to go to the poorhouse with a larger SSD.
I still think a lot of people needs can still be handled with a hybrid SSHD drive which is still less expensive than a SSD of the same size.
If they are so gun-ho for a SSD then you need to think this though:
* What is the systems SATA port - SATA I (1.5 Gb/s), SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) or SATA III (6.0 Gb/s)?
* If the current drive is slower than what the system could support does the drives SATA cable need replacing as well? A common issue with MacBook Pro's.
* If swapping out the optical drive for a SSD is the port able to support the drive properly?
* Systems firmware up to date?
* OS up to date?
* Afterwards will the given drive have enough free space? 128/256 GB drives 1/3 needs to be left free 512 GB and larger 1/4, otherwise you'll wear out the drive prematurely.
* 2.5" or 3.5" SATA, 1.8" ZIF, mSATA, M.2 or custom blade drive in the case of Apple. mSATA, PCIe rev1 or rev2, and PCIe lane width x2 Vs x4 signaling. Onboard housekeeping or TRIM services.
* What OS's does the SSD utilities support? Is it important the customer have access to them?
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Pitfalls:
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'''Pitfalls:'''
Not all SSD's play nice in older systems! You need to review the drives specs and make sure it will work in the system. As an example the SATA I system may not be able to support the SSD you are thinking of installing.
In the case of MacBook & MacBook Pro systems moving the HD from its current port to an optical drive carrier may not be a smart move! While it will work in most cases the optical drive port does not offer HD crash guard protection so if the customer fails to wait for the drive to spin down it could crash the drive from a bang! So its best to leave the drive in its original location. But! in some cases you're between a rock and a hard place as the optical carrier is also converting the drives SATA connection to PATA which is what the system is expecting (older systems). Then you often are forced to move the drive over as the PATA I/O is just to slow for the SSD.
A second problem in the MacBook Pro's & Mac mini's is the quasi SATA III interface the optical drive connection has. In some the timing is off so you need to use a fixed SATA II drive (either HD or SSD) otherwise you'll encounter problems. Auto SATA port sense drives won't work reliably either!
Before you talk about replacing HD's with SSD's you need to setup some baseline of things that need to be handled and discussed with the customer.
You need to gage what the customers needs are. Someone who is a packrat wanting to have everything on his system may need a dual drive config if they don't want to go to the poorhouse with a larger SSD.
I still think a lot of people needs can still be handled with a hybrid SSHD drive which is still less expensive than a SSD of the same size.
If they are so gun-ho for a SSD then you need to think this though:
* What is the systems SATA port - SATA I (1.5 Gb/s), SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) or SATA III (6.0 Gb/s)?
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* If the current drive is slower than what the system could support does the drives SATA cable need replacing as well?
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* If the current drive is slower than what the system could support does the drives SATA cable need replacing as well? A common issue with MacBook Pro's.
* If swapping out the optical drive for a SSD is the port able to support the drive properly?
* Systems firmware up to date?
* OS up to date?
* Afterwards will the given drive have enough free space? 128/256 GB drives 1/3 needs to be left free 512 GB and larger 1/4, otherwise you'll wear out the drive prematurely.
* 2.5" or 3.5" SATA, 1.8" ZIF, mSATA, M.2 or custom blade drive in the case of Apple. mSATA, PCIe rev1 or rev2, and PCIe lane width x2 Vs x4 signaling. Onboard housekeeping or TRIM services.
* What OS's does the SSD utilities support? Is it important the customer have access to them?
Pitfalls:
Not all SSD's play nice in older systems! You need to review the drives specs and make sure it will work in the system. As an example the SATA I system may not be able to support the SSD you are thinking of installing.
In the case of MacBook & MacBook Pro systems moving the HD from its current port to an optical drive carrier may not be a smart move! While it will work in most cases the optical drive port does not offer HD crash guard protection so if the customer fails to wait for the drive to spin down it could crash the drive from a bang! So its best to leave the drive in its original location. But! in some cases you're between a rock and a hard place as the optical carrier is also converting the drives SATA connection to PATA which is what the system is expecting (older systems). Then you often are forced to move the drive over as the PATA I/O is just to slow for the SSD.
A second problem in the MacBook Pro's & Mac mini's is the quasi SATA III interface the optical drive connection has. In some the timing is off so you need to use a fixed SATA II drive (either HD or SSD) otherwise you'll encounter problems. Auto SATA port sense drives won't work reliably either!
Before you talk about replacing HD's with SSD's you need to setup some baseline of things that need to be handled and discussed with the customer.
You need to gage what the customers needs are. Someone who is a packrat wanting to have everything on his system may need a dual drive config if they don't want to go to the poorhouse with a larger SSD.
I still think a lot of people needs can still be handled with a hybrid SSHD drive which is still less expensive than a SSD of the same size.
If they are so gun-ho for a SSD then you need to think this though:
* What is the systems SATA port - SATA I (1.5 Gb/s), SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) or SATA III (6.0 Gb/s)?
* If the current drive is slower than what the system could support does the drives SATA cable need replacing as well?
* If swapping out the optical drive for a SSD is the port able to support the drive properly?
* Systems firmware up to date?
* OS up to date?
* Afterwards will the given drive have enough free space? 128/256 GB drives 1/3 needs to be left free 512 GB and larger 1/4, otherwise you'll wear out the drive prematurely.
* 2.5" or 3.5" SATA, 1.8" ZIF, mSATA, M.2 or custom blade drive in the case of Apple. mSATA, PCIe rev1 or rev2, and PCIe lane width x2 Vs x4 signaling. Onboard housekeeping or TRIM services.
* What OS's does the SSD utilities support? Is it important the customer have access to them?
Pitfalls:
Not all SSD's play nice in older systems! You need to review the drives specs and make sure it will work in the system. As an example the SATA I system may not be able to support the SSD you are thinking of installing.
In the case of MacBook & MacBook Pro systems moving the HD from its current port to an optical drive carrier may not be a smart move! While it will work in most cases the optical drive port does not offer HD crash guard protection so if the customer fails to wait for the drive to spin down it could crash the drive from a bang! So its best to leave the drive in its original location. But! in some cases you're between a rock and a hard place as the optical carrier is also converting the drives SATA connection to PATA which is what the system is expecting (older systems). Then you often are forced to move the drive over as the PATA I/O is just to slow for the SSD.
A second problem in the MacBook Pro's & Mac mini's is the quasi SATA III interface the optical drive connection has. In some the timing is off so you need to use a fixed SATA II drive (either HD or SSD) otherwise you'll encounter problems. Auto SATA port sense drives won't work reliably either!
