Unsolved
This post is more than 5 years old
1 Message
0
2357
June 7th, 2017 06:00
Dell inspiron 7567 HDD upgradable
Hello,
I want to buy the inspiron 7567 but the only downside of the laptop is that it only has 256 SSD.
My question is, can you install an HDD on the laptop?
Kind regards,
David Valkenburg
No Events found!
robert p
4 Operator
•
9.4K Posts
0
June 7th, 2017 07:00
Hi david757,
Thanks for posting.
The 7567 ships with the following hard drive options:
Stephen Woodhou
20 Posts
0
December 27th, 2017 13:00
Hello Robert, I wonder whether you can help me with a similar query. I have an Inspiron 15 7560. It shipped with a 256GB mSATA but there is a spare slot for a 2.5" drive with a connector on the motherboard. I bought an interpose cable to utilise the second HDD connector with a 2.5" SATA Crucial MX200 SSD. 6 months ago it worked fine. But I upgraded to Win10 Creators Update (1703) and the second drive disappeared from within the OS. I rolled back to the previous version of Win10 (1609) and it worked again. For about 2 weeks.
BUT the machine bricked when I installed too many updates at once, including a new BIOS. I installed Win10 v1703: but no second HDD. I then found an ISO of the previous version of Win10 (1609) but it made no difference. I've updated to the latest version of Windows (Fall Creators Update) but still no second HDD visible, although it is fine if I connect it externally via USB.
The exact symptoms are curious
The second drive isn't recognised in the OS when it is connected internally. It also isn't recognised in the BIOS when connected internally except under one specific condition: if I first use the drive in an external caddy connected via USB, and then connect it internally while the machine is rebooting into BIOS mode, then it is listed as a drive in BIOS. But it never shows up in the OS, and every subsequent time that I boot to BIOS it also isn't listed. BIOS only lists the drive on the first occasion after I use the drive in an external caddy. (I read somewhere that the drives can shut down if they get a power overload and that using them in USB mode can override the shutdown).
How frustrating, especially as it was working earlier in the year with an older version of the BIOS and WIN10. Any help gratefully received. I don't have another HDD to try but will have in about a week. All BIOS, drivers etc. are up to date as far as I know, including firmware for the SSD.