Compatibility ssd's/motherboard

[Gaz999]

The fellow upgrading my PC claims I need a new motherboard as mine is not compatable? The new ssd's is a Samsung 850 evo 500 gb, the m/board I believe is asus (4yrs old) . I think he hasn't got the right driver, what are your thoughts cheers Gaz

 

[Deders]

any mobo with Sata support is compatible. What issues does he think you will have?

 

[Gaz999]

He reckons it's not compatible and will not load windows 7 so I need a new m/board!

 

[Deders]

what exact mobo is it? It should have no problem with win 7. XP is another matter.

 

[Gaz999]

I don' know as it's at his place ,but I feel sure there's a driver for it,somewhere

 

[Deders]

It will be the motherboard driver if anything, most people don't bother to install it but usually it provides a big performance increase.

 

[Gaz999]

He's said that he'll ring asus tomorrow to find out if there's a driver for it, don't think I'll hold my breath!
Cheers ddeders

 

[Leyawiin]

He's either full of crap and trying to sell you a new motherboard or he doesn't know what he's doing. A four year of ASUS motherboard will have SATA III and it will support any SSD on the market. The drivers it needs are loaded before Windows 7 is installed (the disc loads a number of basic drivers before installation).

 

[Deders]

Possible it could be a bios issue

 

[zir_blazer]

I recently put a Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB in a 6 years old ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO (Phenom II era) with Windows XP x64. Worked fine in IDE mode, and could have done so in AHCI too if I had found the working Driver before I gave up (I did found it later).
Resumen: No, you don't need a new Motherboard.

 

[Gaz999]

Cheers lads,seems it will work but need someone else to do it.
Have found out just that the asus m/boards no. Is,
P7h55-m si and windows disc is windows 7 not xp

 

[XavierMace]

Yeah, if he's having problems with it, he shouldn't be building computers for other people.