Comments on: How to remove keyboard from Alienware D9T gaming notebook http://www.insidemylaptop.com/remove-keyboard-from-alienware-d9t-gaming-notebook/ Do-It-Yourself laptop and notebook repair tips and tricks Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:39:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Peter http://www.insidemylaptop.com/remove-keyboard-from-alienware-d9t-gaming-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-15782 Peter Thu, 21 May 2009 14:01:45 +0000 http://www.insidemylaptop.com/?p=275#comment-15782 Hi, Thank you for an excellent resource. I have an issue with my Compaq 8510P that has been holding me up for months. Would you be kind enough to point me in the right direction? The 8510p came with a Hitachi 160Gb SATA I disk. I want to upgrade to a larger, faster disk. However, the original drivers appear weird. They are identified as ATA only, not SATA. Attempts to update the drivers fail, with messages such as "hardware does not support this driver". But the disk model identifies it as SATA. When I ask HP, I just get responses like "these are the only supported disks". The Intel chipset spec's say nothing about the disk interface. Do you know if the 8510p will support a SATA II (3Gb transfer rate) disk? A clear answer to that will tell me if I am attempting the impossible. Thanks again, Peter Hi,
Thank you for an excellent resource.

I have an issue with my Compaq 8510P that has been holding me up for months. Would you be kind enough to point me in the right direction?

The 8510p came with a Hitachi 160Gb SATA I disk. I want to upgrade to a larger, faster disk. However, the original drivers appear weird. They are identified as ATA only, not SATA. Attempts to update the drivers fail, with messages such as “hardware does not support this driver”.

But the disk model identifies it as SATA.

When I ask HP, I just get responses like “these are the only supported disks”. The Intel chipset spec’s say nothing about the disk interface.

Do you know if the 8510p will support a SATA II (3Gb transfer rate) disk? A clear answer to that will tell me if I am attempting the impossible.

Thanks again,

Peter

]]> By: Tony http://www.insidemylaptop.com/remove-keyboard-from-alienware-d9t-gaming-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-14978 Tony Mon, 11 May 2009 19:47:06 +0000 http://www.insidemylaptop.com/?p=275#comment-14978 I followed your instructions about replacing the inverter on my hp dv9000 but I still get a screen that can only be displayed by using a flashlight. Any other suggestions? I followed your instructions about replacing the inverter on my hp dv9000 but I still get a screen that can only be displayed by using a flashlight. Any other suggestions?

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