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Title: Install A Solid State Drive In Your Notebook and eCS?
Post by: BigWarpGuy on 2008.04.24, 00:32:36
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-notebook-portable,1913.html (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-notebook-portable,1913.html)
It would be neat to try it on the T23. Would eCS work with it?
Title: Re: Install A Solid State Drive In Your Notebook and eCS?
Post by: Saijin_Naib on 2008.04.24, 01:23:43
I see no reason why not. It will just need the usual DFSEE LVM magic, but other than that, nothing else should be required.
Title: Re: Install A Solid State Drive In Your Notebook and eCS?
Post by: Robert Deed on 2008.04.24, 01:46:43
A Solid State drive should be no different then any other storage which is attached either through IDE or SATA.. 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-notebook-portable,1913.html (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-notebook-portable,1913.html)
It would be neat to try it on the T23. Would eCS work with it?
Title: Re: Install A Solid State Drive In Your Notebook and eCS?
Post by: RobertM on 2008.04.24, 02:22:55
As Robert says (love that name), a SSD will be seen by the computer the same as any other type of drive of that category (SATA or IDE - if you can find an IDE one)... just like (my addition to the conversation) an SD or CompactFlash card installed into an IDE or SATA converter (just DONT get a cheap IDE/SATA converter as numerous speed related functions are often unsupported... you want something that supports the full IDE/SATA specs and makes the computer see the CF Card as a "state of the art, new" HDD).

As a side note, there is a new SATA converter (check Engadget, sorry I dont have the link readily available) that will take 3 CF cards (including the new super-duper-high-speed ones) and make them "into" one SATA drive giving you supposedly unbeatable performance (even compared to pre-built SSD drives), for a cheaper price (including the CF cards)... about 96GB for the price of a 64GB SSD.

The converter is $192, and Engadget liked it (I havent tested it - but if someone buys and sends me one, I would be glad to!)


(the other) Robert
Title: Re: Install A Solid State Drive In Your Notebook and eCS?
Post by: Robert Deed on 2008.04.24, 03:57:58
I will actually be checking out this product shortly for use in a virtual reality arcade game =)

We are looking for a cheap alternative to SSD drives.. 

As Robert says (love that name), a SSD will be seen by the computer the same as any other type of drive of that category (SATA or IDE - if you can find an IDE one)... just like (my addition to the conversation) an SD or CompactFlash card installed into an IDE or SATA converter (just DONT get a cheap IDE/SATA converter as numerous speed related functions are often unsupported... you want something that supports the full IDE/SATA specs and makes the computer see the CF Card as a "state of the art, new" HDD).

As a side note, there is a new SATA converter (check Engadget, sorry I dont have the link readily available) that will take 3 CF cards (including the new super-duper-high-speed ones) and make them "into" one SATA drive giving you supposedly unbeatable performance (even compared to pre-built SSD drives), for a cheaper price (including the CF cards)... about 96GB for the price of a 64GB SSD.

The converter is $192, and Engadget liked it (I havent tested it - but if someone buys and sends me one, I would be glad to!)


(the other) Robert