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They are not picky about SSD brand. Just get 500GB to stay away from the 1 TB limit. I used PNY CS900 500GB. If it has not been done, I would replace the battery while you're at it.

Just buy an ssd from amazon. So much better and faster installs. It's like 25$ https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS900-500GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B07XZLN9KM

These hp laptops from that generation are so nice to work on. I would suggest that you get the t7400 instead, it's like 8-10% less powerful but waaaay cheaper than the t7600, that's the CPU I use on my Compaq nc8430 and it runs pretty great. I see that your model has intel GMA 950 integrated graphic

It was the SSD. I was using a Crucial BX500 and I found another post of a guy with the same setup having the same issue. For whatever reason, the SSD is completely functional, its just not compatible with OPL. I swapped it out with a PNY CS900 and it works fine now.

PNY CS900 SSD’s, 500gb or 1Tb work well. Cheap too.

As for the failing hard drive, the PNY 500 gb ssd runs about $30.00 at Best Buy or on Amazon. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/pny-cs900-500gb-internal-ssd-sata/6385542.p?skuId=6385542 That’s about as inexpensive of an option I would go with. Samsung 500gb is around $55 Should be able to find a video on

PNY CS900 1TB 3D NAND 2.5" SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - (SSD7CS900-1TB-RB) https://a.co/d/4ZtDMVM This will do you well better, same form factor, should interface just fine. Edit: just saw not my dollars, sorry about that. Even if it is a bit more though, really get the SSD, the andro

Dude, you can get a PNY CS900 1TB SSD for $45 on Amazon. Don’t use an HDD as a boot drive.

I have that same one just different type. Mine is 20AQ. I use a pny cs900 500gb ssd and it runs fine with Linux, hackintosh and windows. Get a sata ssd and a charger and it will serve you well for years to come.

Installing it physically is pretty easy, if you are on ps3 slim you really can't get it wrong, and if you do that's actually impressive, just like putting a cube into a square hole I'd recommend watching mrmario yt video, he covered the subject to update all the stuff correctly on a already jb ps3 A