Linux (LL) compatible SSD

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[member=48759]dentalcher[/member] Is this your pc? http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookre...in-review/

I don't really have any experience dealing with SSDs, but I can see that the k40n(from that review)ships with a 320GB 5400RPM hard drive, whereas the Kingston 240GB A400 SSD 2.5'' SATA uses a SATA Rev. 3.0 connection. I suggest you find out whether the k40n SATA ports meet that. You can do that via terminal:
Launch Linux Lite Terminal and type

Code:

dmesg | grep -i sata | grep 'link up'

and hit Enter. For example, running that in my hp notebook I got this

Code:

$  dmesg | grep -i sata | grep 'link up'
[    3.611072] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[    3.611145] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)

Another way to find out SATA info is

Code:

sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdX | grep "^SATA" # replace X with the appropiate, i.e /sda

hit Enter and type in your password when asked, then hit Enter again. Here I get

Code:

$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb | grep "^SATA"
SATA Version is:  SATA 2.6, 1.5 Gb/s

Once you know that, you might try searching for a SSD that meets the Rev. type and specifications. You could use this service https://linux-hardware.org/
First, you'll need to install the pkg hw-probe

Code:

sudo apt install hw-probe

once installed, make a probe with

Code:

sudo -E hw-probe -all -upload

Note that

Private information (including the username, machine's hostname, IP addresses, MAC addresses, UUIDs and serial numbers) is NOT uploaded to the database.

Also, it might be that you need to upgrade the bios' firmware. https://www.asus.com/us/SupportOnly/K40I...Desk_BIOS/ To check whether that's the case, in LL terminal run

Code:

sudo demidecode --type bios

and if the version is lower than the one from the link above, you might consider upgrading it.
I've been thinking on replacing the HDD for a SSD on this hp too, now it seems I need to research about that, thanks to your thread
NOTE: Like I said, I don't have experience dealing with SSDs, so the info about is mostly intended to help you ping-pointing the possible reasons you're getting issues, and hopefully find a solution, what I mean is, that I could be wrong about the whole thing, and neither the SATA Rev type nor the bios have anything to do with that. Just wanted to make that clear.