Question is basically in the title.
My parents have an older E1705 laptop that they're getting an Intel G2 SSD for. The laptop is SATA-150, but the BIOS only supports IDE mode. No AHCI. There are no BIOS updates that add this feature. I plan to install Windows 7, 32-bit on the new drive. The result is that this drive will definitely run in IDE/legacy mode.
Will TRIM pass through work, or do I need to run Intel's toolbox hack to get it to "trim?"
Rant: The southbridge in the machine actually supports AHCI, but Dell chose not to add support for that feature in the BIOS. The next generation successor to this laptop does include AHCI support in the BIOS. A great reason why I like my home-built desktops more than pre-built machines
Thanks.
Edit: For reference: http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3631&p=15. This link says that the Win7 IDE driver works too, but I'd like someone else to tell me that since there is a lot of contention on the Internetz about this issue From the link: "Under Windows 7 that means you have to use a Microsoft made IDE or AHCI driver (you can't install chipset drivers from anyone else)."
My parents have an older E1705 laptop that they're getting an Intel G2 SSD for. The laptop is SATA-150, but the BIOS only supports IDE mode. No AHCI. There are no BIOS updates that add this feature. I plan to install Windows 7, 32-bit on the new drive. The result is that this drive will definitely run in IDE/legacy mode.
Will TRIM pass through work, or do I need to run Intel's toolbox hack to get it to "trim?"
Rant: The southbridge in the machine actually supports AHCI, but Dell chose not to add support for that feature in the BIOS. The next generation successor to this laptop does include AHCI support in the BIOS. A great reason why I like my home-built desktops more than pre-built machines
Thanks.
Edit: For reference: http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3631&p=15. This link says that the Win7 IDE driver works too, but I'd like someone else to tell me that since there is a lot of contention on the Internetz about this issue From the link: "Under Windows 7 that means you have to use a Microsoft made IDE or AHCI driver (you can't install chipset drivers from anyone else)."
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