CONTACTS
SUBJECTS
C18 Receive Order SSD Solid State Drive Storage Samsung Model 830 MZ
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1004 - Summary/Objective
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100501 - Follow up ref SDS 16 0000. ref SDS 11 0000.
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1008 - Background
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100901 - Background on buying SSD and configureing c18 is reported on 120325
100902 - 0611. ref SDS 9 O95G
100904 - ..
100905 - On 120324 visited Morris and discussed installing SSD storage drive,
100906 - ref SDS 8 UC7J, and configuring Windows 7 Ultimate. ref SDS 8 GE88
100908 - ..
100909 - On 120327 visited Fry's and discussed agreement to configure c18
100910 - similar to c17. ref SDS 10 VJ6F Fry's quoted a price of about $130.
100912 - ..
100913 - On 120407 received Samsung model 830 SSD 256 GB storage disk.
100914 - ref SDS 16 EO6L
100916 - ..
100917 - On 120411 1018 visit Morris and install Samsung model 830 SSD 256 GB.
100918 - ref SDS 0 EO6L
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1012 - Progress
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101301 - Samsung SSD 256 GB Storage Drive Order Received
101302 -
101303 - Follow up ref SDS 16 EO6L, ref SDS 11 EO6L.
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101305 - Today, Morris worked on c18 configuring the new Samsung SSD storage
101306 - device. Previously, he upgraded c8 by upgrading the mother board, a
101307 - much more complicated project, reported on 961228 0626. ref SDS 1
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101311 - Received power cable for c16 HP notebook computer, which was left at
101312 - the college working with Morris, reported on 120324 1057. ref SDS 7
101313 - GG4F
101315 - ..
101316 - When I left Morris' place today, forgot the cable mouse with extension
101317 - cable. Took it in case the wireless mouse was problematic for Morris.
101318 - Turned out he was able to use the wireless mouse, so did not need
101319 - cable mouse, but when I removed it from the case to put the notebook
101320 - computer in the case to prepare for leaving and returning home, must
101321 - have removed the cable mouse and placed in an adjacent chair, and then
101322 - forgot to put it back in the case, after the computer was put in the
101323 - case.
101325 - ..
101326 - Installation steps...
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101328 - 1. Micron 6 G/s 256 GB SSD drive is installed without a specific
101329 - converter case, with power and data cables connected directly
101330 - to the motherboard. This was purchased with original order on
101331 - 120314 0832. ref SDS 5 PF4M
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101335 - 2. SSD converter case, purchased on 120402 1329. ref SDS 11 EO6L
101336 - and received yesterday, reported on 120410 1332. ref SDS 17
101337 - EO6L
101339 - ..
101340 - Morris inspected and indicated this is a plastic high quality
101341 - case for the function.
101343 - ..
101344 - He pointed out that the case has connection pins.
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101347 - 3. Samsung Model 830 solid state drive (SSD), also purchased on
101348 - 120402 1329, ref SDS 11 EO6L, and received 5 days later on
101349 - 120407 1157. ref SDS 16 EO6L
101351 - ..
101352 - Morris slid the Samsung SSD into the 2.5 to 3.5" converter.
101353 - There are no screws to hold the drive in place. It slips into
101354 - the horizontil pin connection and there is a plastic brace that
101355 - folds down to to hold the SSD in postion in the converter.
101357 - ..
101358 - 4. Hard Drive Disk Bay case remove from computer to install the
101359 - new Samsung SSD disk.
101361 - ..
101362 - Remvoed 3 screws visible from the top of the computer case and
101363 - which secure the hard disk drive (HHD) casing.
101365 - ..
101366 - There is a pressure clip at the bottom of the HHD casing. It
101367 - is a little difficult to reach due to conjestion inside the
101368 - case, but Morris managed this. Pressing down on the clip
101369 - releases HHD casing to slide forward slightly about .25" it
101370 - will then pull free from the computer case.
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101373 - 5. Power cables and sata data cables disconnect from the 1st two
101374 - drives, before attempting to pull the HHD case from the
101375 - computer case; or, after pulling the case out slightly from the
101376 - computer case, he then disconnected the cables from the
101377 - existing drives.
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101380 - 6. HHD bay removed and inspected.
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101383 - 7. Micron SSD - primary HHD in bottom bay rated at 256 GB and 6
101384 - G/s, which is sata III. This drive was purchased for $480 with
101385 - the original order of c18 placed with HP on 120314 0832.
101386 - ref SDS 5 PF4M
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101389 - Research on Internet indicatess...
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101391 - 1. Newegg
101392 -
101393 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148443
101394 -
101395 - Crucial M4 CT256M4SSD2 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid
101396 - State Drive (SSD)
101398 - ..
101399 - 2. Amazon
101400 -
101401 - Crucial m4 256GB 2.5-Inch (9.5mm) SATA 6Gb/s Solid State
101402 - Drive CT256M4SSD2
101403 -
101404 - http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-256GB-2-5-Inch-9-5mm-CT256M4SSD2/dp/B004W2JL2A
101405 -
101406 - 500 MB/sec sequential reads (at 6 Gb/sec),260 MB/sec
101407 - sequential writes (at 6 Gb/sec)
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101410 - Price............................ $198
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101414 - Product reviews....
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101416 - Micron
101417 -
101418 - http://www.micron.com/products/solid-state-storage/ssd-reviews
101419 -
101420 - Storage Review dated............................ 120305
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101424 - 8. Samsung Model 830 256 GB 6 G/s Sata III drive installed with
101425 - temporary orange Sata II 3 G/s cable.
101427 - ..
101428 - The hard part of this is reaching fingers into the motherboard
101429 - to press the Sata cable into a pin connection. Morris
101430 - eventually got this done.
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101432 - [On 120422 1130 notified HP installed another 2nd SSD
101433 - storage device. ref SDS 20 FX9N
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101436 - 9. Verified Windows 7 OS recognized the new drive. Divided the
101437 - drive into partitions...
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101439 - i and j
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101442 - 10. Did not format, because occurs during installation of the OS.
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101801 - 11. Drove to Fry's and purchased Sata III 6G/s cable...
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101803 - 1. Fry's
101804 - Store 6 region 31
101805 - 600 East Hamilton Avenue
101806 - Campbell, CA 95008
101807 - 408 354 3700
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101810 - Sales Assistant.............. Ramiza Lubenonic #30990
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101813 - 2. Invoice.............................. 15851482
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101816 - Date................................. 120411 1309
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101819 - 3. Sata III 6 G/s 18"................... $5.99
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101822 - Sales tax............................ .51
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101825 - 4. Total................................ $6.50
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102201 - On the way home stopped for lunch at Burger King.
102203 - ..
102204 - Bought lunch for us....
102205 -
102206 - Burger King #02012
102207 - 49 W Hamilton
102208 - Campbell, CA
102209 - 408 866 1211
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102212 - Host........................... Johana
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102215 - Order.......................... 273
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102218 - Date........................... 120411 1326
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102221 - Hamburger onion rings
102222 - and cokes...................... $13.86
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102601 - Microsoft Windows 7 Install I Drive and J Drive
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102603 - Drove back to Morris home in Saratoga.
102605 - ..
102606 - Installed new Sata III cable purchased at Fry's, per above.
102607 - ref SDS 0 PR3H
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102610 - Windows XP Professional installation to implement work plan developed
102611 - for c16 and used on c17, reported on 120205 0907, ref SDS 3 2U4K
102612 - still caused blue screen error....
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102614 - 0X0000007b
102615 -
102616 - ...and despite applying procedure submitted by Microsoft for solving
102617 - this problem configuring c16 on 090710 1719. ref SDS 2 0457
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102620 - Morris is concerned that Windows XP cannot run devices in c18 that
102621 - were developed for newer operating systems, and so exceep capacity of
102622 - Windows XP software.
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102625 - We reviewed the record showing Windows XP returned yellow fail signals
102626 - for all devices on c16 reported in the record for, 090710 1719,
102627 - ref SDS 2 NZ6J yet it installed enough to update xp on i drive with
102628 - windows Vista and then Windows 7 for 32-bit, and also to install
102629 - windows XP-64 bit, then Vista 64-bit, and then Windows 7 64-bit on j
102630 - drive.
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102633 - [On 120416 0653 letter to Microsoft requesting additional
102634 - assistance installing xp, ref SDS 18 FS5H; no response, so
102635 - called Microsoft paid $59 for case #1175180605, ref SDS 18
102636 - E14L; Eric said Windows 7 Ultimate can be installed without
102637 - using xp and assigned to a specified partition other than
102638 - c, by using the full version and clean install. ref SDS 18
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102641 - ..
102642 - [On 120416 0653 at 0927 called Amazon and received RMA
102643 - numbers to cancel orders for Windows 7 Upgrade and Windows
102644 - Vista Upgrade. ref SDS 18 FL9G
102646 - ..
102647 - [On 120416 0653 at 1007 used Amazon to order Windows 7
102648 - Ultimate Full version, per Microsoft guidance. ref SDS 18
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102651 - ..
102652 - [On 120419 1203 received Windows 7 Full version.
102653 - ref SDS 19 FS5H
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102656 - Morris did research that indicate this could be caused by...
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