XPS 8500 mSata as drive o/s

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• cache on xps 8500 mSATA ssd drive

  I had to reinstall windows on an XPS 8500 8.  2 TB disk and disk 32 GB mSATA SSD hidden.  Installed Intel SRT but no option to speed up the drive.  How can I be sure that the SSD is used as a cache drive?

  I have the same situation as you. a cache ssd 64 GB mSATA but no CURRENT ACCELERATION button. My OS is win8.

• XPS 8500 mSATA unrecognized disc

  I just installed an Intel SSD 525 series 120 GB drive on the card connector mother mSATA on my XPS 8500.  After the computer starts, the new drive is not recognized by Windows.  It does not appear in the disk manager at all.  Is there any setting/configuration which shuts the mSATA/connection to the port (for example, in the BIOS, etc) which would explain it to be invisible?  Or, it is probably just a faulty SSD?  Any help would be appreciated.  Thank you.

  Hi DoctorDED,

  Here a thread (among many others), which explains how to set up. Good luck!

  We appreciate it if you search before you post. Thank you.

• XPS 8500 mSATA

  Is the XPS-8500 SATA 3.0 mSATA slot?

  Yes, ports 0 and mSATA are both SATA III 6 GB/s.

  I have a Crucial 256 GB mSATA card in my machine and it works fine.

• XPS 8500 additional SATA Drive add...cable/power questions

  Nothing on sites Web of Dell (after two hours of seraching, including a chat with a Dell representative session) on how to add a hard drive from a dell computer. I'm simply confused (this happens regularly) it is difficult to find, or you really need to add a simple video on how to add an extra SATA (how many times people do that?).

  No info on cables, power supplies, how many readers you can add, etc.

  So this is the kind of thing I need... Thank you! How do I add a SATA, which cable does, esp if the slots for the cables are already taken by the BluRay player... can get a cable SATA outputs multiple?

  Thanks for your help.

  Rick Bauer

  Colorado_RBauer

  Thanks, Bev... screw seems to be the only parts I have.

  I am therefore reason to believe that I can put only two disks sata in this 8500, right? and we're already here, so I can really only add one, correct?

  Where are you going to get the good SATA cable?

  the manual referenced does not something specific on SATA wiring part I looked. Should not be too much of a pest, but do you have a specific reference.

  Rick

   
  Colorado_RBauer
   
  Rick,
   
  Yes, you can add an additional hard disk, the disk hard primary exsisting. to add several internal hard drives, you need an open 3.5"/5.25" bay and to install more than four SATA drives, SATA PCIe x 1 expansion card would be necessary.
   
  You should be able to buy a SATA data cable in a store of the local computer, or www.newegg.com for more details, go here,
   
  http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16812270093
   
  Better to use a local store to save the S & H
   
  Sorry to say, that the manual is the only reference that Dell has released, as most newer Dell manuals, missing many details.
   
  Install the secondary hard drive is usually relatively in line forward, you must connect the data cable to a SATA connector on the motherboard, and after installation checking the installation process, to see if the drive is recognized.
   
  If the drive is recognized in the installation program for Windows to recognize the second hard drive, it must be patitioned, formatted and received a drive letter using disk Windows 7 Manager.
   
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/fr-FR/Windows-Vista/create-and-format-a-hard-disk-partition
   
  Bev.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

• Internal XPS 8500 with 1 TB Mini-SATA SSD mSATA

  Hello

  I have a Dell XPS 8500.

  I read the manual and it says that this device can take a drive internal mSATA.

  But, the manual don't did me not all sizes.

  Can I install an mSATA SAMSUNG 850 EVO 1 TB Mini-SATA (mSATA)?

  Thank you!

  Hi nohelphiccup,

  Yes, they all have the same configuration. See this nice thread for installation tips.

• Factory setting Dell XPS 8500 32 GB MSATA

  I just bought a DELL XPS 8500 desktop computer refurbished with a 2 TB HDD and a 32 GB MSATA SSD, but I am not sure that hard drives have been configured correctly at the factory.  In the BIOS, the computer is configured as AHCI.  The machine came with Windows 8, which is installed on the 2 TB drive (drive C, entitled OS) and nothing is on the 32 GB disk (K drive, named DATAPART1). the SSD is empty showing 29.7 GB of available space.  The machine is in its State from the factory with nothing else installed.

  Caching is 32 GB SSD configured correctly?

  I tried to looked into technology Intel Rapid Storage Technology, but the interface is not installed on the computer.  If I try to install the latest version of the technology Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver either Dell XPS8500 and site the site of Intel, in both cases, I get a warning that the AHCI driver that will be installed is older than what I currently have installed with the option to install the driver or not install the driver.  If I do not install the driver, the installation stops without having to install anything.  If I do not install the driver, Intel Smart Response Technology is installed, but upon restarting, Windows will not start and I have to restore the computer to its original state.  I tried to change BIOS to use RAID functions and then tried to install it again, but I get a similar warning this time, indicating that the RAID driver that will be installed is older than what I have installed. I didn't want to continue the installation after that I got this RAID warning from my experience when I had put AHCI in place.  I'm for revenue by to AHCI as was the factory default.

  Also, I have two supplementary questions:

  I longingly the SSD to the cache, or booting the operating system, so I looked in install Windows 8 on the SSD, I disconnected the 2 TB drive and started the machine, but I couldn't get the Windows 8 recovery disk provided by Dell to run when the 2 TB drive was not present.  Is it because I'm using a recovery disc and not a true disk of Windows 8, or is this a limitation of the system?

  I noticed that I was not provided with a sticker with my key of Windows 8. I know how to determine the key and have already done.  I was curious if this is correct, or if Dell just a mistake and does not give me the key?

  Hi ekeown,

  I appreciate your efforts to set up the mSATA SSD. You will need to format the SSD drive by following the steps I provided in the following post:
  http://Dell.to/YHvNS8

  You will need to download and install the application of TSRI from our site to download drivers, change the SATA operation setting in the BIOS RAID and activate the acceleration.

  2 TB hard drive contains the recovery partition that accesses the recovery disk to restore the system to factory settings and therefore the option could be used without the drive.

  Product key of Windows 8 is stored in the BIOS of the motherboard and it should be read automatically by Windows Setup.

  Please let me know if you need more assistance.

• XPS 8500 added second HDD and second optical drive

  I'll order a XPS 8500 with a HARD drive and an optical drive (at the same time TBD).  I'll add an additional HARD drive and an additional optical drive.  If I understand correctly, there one Sata3 connector which I assume is already occupied by the main HARD drive.  There should be three Sata2 connectors, one occupied by the primary optical drive.  The remaining Sata2 connectors are available for my new additions?

  What additional data / power cables will I need?

  Thank you!

  Hi Husker77,

  Welcome to the community.

  The system has two bays of 5.25 inches for loading tray SATA DVD +/-RW or Blu - ray drive (option) disc (optional) writable Blu - ray disc and two Bay 3.5 inches for SATA hard drives (internally accessible).

  An mSATA SSD drive (available internally). There are four connectors 7-pin (1 x SATA III, 3 x SATA II) where you can install the drives. A SATA 3 connector is occupied by the main hard drive and a SATA 2 connector is occupied by the optical drive. So yes, you can install a secondary hard drive and an optical drive in the system. Power connectors, ideally it should be there in the Tower system, however in case they are not present, you may need to power connectors to be ordered separately.

  Let me know any conclusions, glad to be useful.

  Omer

  Professional social outreach

  You can reach us at http://en.community.dell.com/

• Screws for msata for XPS 8500 card card mother screwposts (informative)

  I ordered a Crucial msata for my XPS 8500 card.  Installing an msata card requires two screws to CAPSA map for the two screwposts on the motherboard.  Crucial does not include screws and neither does Dell.  Working with Dell I was able to identify the specifications for the required screw neeeded anchor map msata in positions.  Without the screws an msata card will fall just out of the slot msata.  For any of you out there with the same need is the specification of the screw:

  SCR:M2X3:KSH:MS:BLO

  The screws are tiny metric screws and without the specs, they are incredibly hard to find.  No specification on page 58 of the Dell XPS 8500 manual, which is where the diagram is for installing an msata card.  Dell is expected to add this info in a footnote on page 58.

  Note to Dell's Support staff who might be reading this: this specification of screws for the use of other customers of the file.

  I bought a portable screw Kit made by Rhino Fry Electronics which had the screws in it. These are screws x3mm m2. The kit is the AS-11 model number. Bar code is 8 54190 00103 9.  Rhino has a websit - www.rhino-tek.com.  You can also find them on ebay.  Anyway, I put a map of msata Crucial 256 MB in my XPS 8500 and am a happy camper with her.

• WIN8 64-bit driver Intel Rapid Storage v.11.6.0.1030, A00 XPS 8500 download fails

  Material: XPS 8500, OS: Windows 8, 64 - bit.

  I am trying to download the latest driver Intel rapid storage (v.11.6.0.1030, A00) for 64-bit Windows 8 from the page downloads and drivers, because the version currently installed (11.5.0.1207) has a memory leak in the service of IAStorDataMgrSvc.exe (it is close to 2 GB of memory using at present and continues to increase). Intel forums suggest the update or revert the driver.

  When I try to download driver Intel Rapid Storage v.11.6.0.1030, A00, called RST_Intel_W84_A00_Setup - 5GPDD_ZPE.exe, the option 'Download single file' gives the error message:

  "Sorry, the requested file could not be downloaded.

  An internal error has occurred. Please try again later. »

  
  

  When I try to download with the option "Download Manager", it gives the error message:

  "The file has been corrupted during the download."

  Please can you advise me how to do a download of this driver?

  You can also get this file here: Intel IRST.  Dell sometimes has trouble with his page drivers and downloads.

  EDIT: by the way; someone seems to have noticed the problem as there are has now two links to the file on the page downloads and drivers.  The first link seems to work, while the latter leads to the page you originally found.

• SSD boot drive upgrade for XPS 8500

  I want to add a new SSD 128 GB as boot on my XPS 8500 drive when using my original 1 TB hard drive as a data reader.  Questions: Is there a set of instructions on how to better fulfill the new OS install and configure both hard drives?  Can I do a clean install of Win 7 using the Dell XPS 8500 Windows reinstall DVD on the new SSD? The XPS 8500 supports SATA III drives?  Thanks for any help on this.

  An additional question: the processor can be upgraded (from i5 to i7) using the motherboard the original XPS 8500?

  Hi DoctorDED,

  8 GB of memory is sufficient for a machine dedicated to the photo or video editing. However, if you run multiple applications with a lot of resources at the same time especially treatment image or video, CAD or 3D modeling (for example, Premiere Pro, Photoshop and After Effects), then you will surely be benefited by 16 GB of RAM. With more than 8 GB also comes in handy if you make heavy use of virtualization such as Microsoft Hyper-V or VMWare Workstaton tools, especially if you are running multiple operating systems simultaneously.

  Answer please if you have any other questions.

• XPS 8700 mSATA drive installation on motherboard

  What is the size of screw for studs on the motherboard XPS 8700 mSATA?  Also is there a preference as zinc coated or in stainless steel steel and split or philips?

  Thank you.

  Hi runamuko,

  The mSATA SSD requires two M2 screws. This issue has been discussed before. We encourage the members of the forum to research before posting. Thank you.

• XPS 8500 - replacement HDD and SSD

  I'm looking to upgrade of storage on my my Dell XPS 8500... My question here is twofold:

  1. I want to replace my current 2 TB HDD (disk storage) with a 4 TB or 5 TB of HARD drive. I will be able to use and see the full 4-5 to? Or is this a case where I will not be able to use the entire disk or will need to score? Y at - it an update of the BIOS that will allow me full access to training?
  2. I am also looking to replace my mSATA 256GB SSD (boot drive) with a 500 GB mSATA SSD... will it be any problem read this disk after installation (plan to do a clean install of Windows and reload my programs)?

  Thanks for your help. Hoping to update soon, but did not buy until I knew what I was getting myself into.

  Its a fairly recent machine with a UEFI BIOS, so it should be good... If you have already upgraded to Windows 10 then your system is already a unit of 10 windows and you should be able to clean the Windows 10 installation on the new SSD. If you haven't you should upgrade now as free upgrade expires tomorrow. #

  You must use the SATA AHCI operation. I assume you have your system already set up this way as you already have a 256 GB mSATA.

• Adding disk (XPS 8500)

  Hello, I am looking for the Dell XPS 8500, and it comes with an SSD of 32 GB and 2 TB HARD drive and I was wondering if it is possible to add a hard drive of 1 to 3 rd.

  That is right.

  If you want Dell to set up the machine and then control the machine with 256 GB SSD that will have the OS already installed + 2 TB hard drive. . Plug and play with full support on their installation.

  There are a few changes, you need to do in the BIOS in the different stages of a plant itself and a search of this site has them in detail.  If you feel challenged, better to leave Dell to do.

  However, if you choose to do it yourself, you can buy the machine without the msata SSD 32 GB, just buy the disk of 1 TB or 2 TB when you order the machine.  The DVAR would be the Crucial CT256M4SSD3.  You will need a few screw M2 x 3mm mounting which may or may not come with the drive.  It will take place at the 6 GB/s specified.   CT256M4SSD3 and CT3256232 (XPS 8500 recommended upgrade) are the same drive, if you see in searches on the web.

• XPS 8500 upgrade to SSD

  looking to upgrade to SSD

  found v4 Crucial ssd of 32 GB with support for install

  you wonder if this will be fine as primary drive and keep the 1 TB drive already installed as storage device

  price looks ok

  any advice or assistance would be appreciated

  Do not forget that this system can work at 6 GB/s and the v4 can only run at 3 GB/s so an m4 would be better.

  This system has an mSATA port which is probably unoccupied. Also, I think that 32 GB is too little too small to install a Windows 7 operating system, I managed to install the operating system and office on a 64 GB we (my documents and files are elsewhere) and it is a boost for space; If you can afford it, I'd recommend the m4 SSD 128 GB mSATA: http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=050B0AA0A5CA7304

  Such a small disc can function as a Disk Cache, but it is more worth than his worth to implement.

  For other improvements, see: http://www.crucial.com/uk/upgrade/Dell-memory/XPS/XPS+8500-upgrades.html