Upgrade Fujitsu Lifebook

J_B

coffeehound wrote: »

Out of interest, does the keyboard still work okay? The kb on my 2011 one went rapidly downhill from about six years old onward

Currently working fine ....



it will probably die now I've said that!!

J_B

Next Update (sorry)


The RAM was ordered correctly, but CEX sent desktop ram not laptop.
They have returned it for a replacement.


They have also replaced the SSD, but I still can't get the laptop to recognise it.


So, I plugged the new Crucial 500GB SSD into my 'USB/SATA' connector and it doesn't see it in W Explorer (so, that's two devices that can't see it!) (The connector works fine with other drives attached)


BUT .... when I go to 'devices and printers', double click, it shows the SSD




Does this mean that the replacement SSD is also faulty, or am I missing a trick somewhere???

grumpycrab

J_B wrote: »

So, I plugged the new Crucial 500GB SSD into my 'USB/SATA' connector and it doesn't see it in W Explorer (so, that's two devices that can't see it!)

Quite common. Run diskmgmt.msc - that'll show you what drives you have.
e.g. read here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/disk-management/initialize-new-disks

J_B

Many thanks
I did a bit of googling and found this site

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/external-drive-not-recognized-this-is-how-to-fix-it-in-windows/
so I have now got *my* PC to recognise the SSD when connected by cable by initialising the drive (this is the 4th SSD I've fitted this year, and the 1st that has needed initialising!)
So, I formatted it and disconnected it and put in in the Fujitsu .. but ... it won't see the new SSD, but it still sees the old HDD (which is a Seagate Momentus 5400.6 320GB)

grumpycrab

J_B wrote: »

put in in the Fujitsu .. but ... it won't see the new SSD

More details needed. If you go into the BIOS at startup (F2 possibly), does the BIOS see it?

J_B

grumpycrab wrote: »

More details needed. If you go into the BIOS at startup (F2 possibly), does the BIOS see it?

Nope - the BIOS just says HDD = 0bytes

grumpycrab

BIOS version and date? (on the first page of the BIOS I think).

J_B

grumpycrab wrote: »

BIOS version and date? (on the first page of the BIOS I think).

Page 1 (INFO) :-
Product = Lifebook AH530
BIOS Version = 1.6 (8/19/10)
Page2 (System):-
Drive 0: [ST9320325AS-(S1)]


Pressing 'enter' on this tells me that the current drive (that I put back in) is 320GB SATA1


Is that enough info??

grumpycrab

Guessing a BIOS upgrade is needed. 1.9 appears to be the latest but you'll need to check this carefully yourself at
http://support.ts.fujitsu.com/IndexDownload.asp?lng=COM&SoftwareGUID=
Obviously make sure you've got any important docs/pics already backed up and when udating the BIOS ensure laptop is plugged into mains.

EveryWhere

J_B wrote: »

Page 1 (INFO) :-
Product = Lifebook AH530
BIOS Version = 1.6 (8/19/10)
Page2 (System):-
Drive 0: [ST9320325AS-(S1)]


Pressing 'enter' on this tells me that the current drive (that I put back in) is 320GB SATA1


Is that enough info??

Dependent on the exact model, updates go up to 1.19. Yours is likely 1.16

So identify the exact model before proceeding.



Some screenshots of the BIOS entries may be of use.