- Sand Grenade5656
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Posted by: THE SALTY CHIP
Posted by: Sand Grenade5656
Posted by: THE SALTY CHIP
Posted by: Sand Grenade5656
Hello Wizards of the PC thread! So I recently got a Samsung SSD 840 series, and a new OS (Win7 64bit). I currently have windows 32 bit installed because I had it lying around at the time of when I built my computer. Could someone walk me through the complete process of installing an SSD? Keep in mind I will be installing a completely new OS on the SSD and I want to get rid of the one I am currently using. Thanks.
Here is my current build if it helps.Do you mean physically connecting it to the motherboard in the case, or just installing the OS on it.
Both! :)Well, installing it is very simple. First, you put the SSD in one of the removable trays like the ones that hold the HDD and line the holes on the SSD with those on the tray to fasten it with screws (I can't remember which screws exactly, but they came with your 410 and it'll say which ones in the manual). Then once it's secure, you take a SATA cable (make sure it's SATA III or 6gbps) and plug one end into the back of your SSD and the other end into the white sata port on your motherboard (make sure it's the white one, because that one is SATA III and the others are only SATA II). Then you take a SATA power cable from your power supply and plug that into the SSD, right next to where the data cable is. Then you should be all set.
And here is an installation and optimization guide for your SSD.
Alright, I've got the SSD set up in the tray and I have all the correct cables ready, but where should I plug my HDD in? Since I am plugging my SSD into the white SATA port, should I plug my HDD into one of the black, Sata II ports?