[dba-Tech] New machine migrate to SSD

[Jim Lawrence]

Hi Tina:

For the record, here is the IP address to the store:
http://boomerscomputers.com

The owner, Sean (sp?), has been in business since the late 1980s and like his staff, is an absolute geek. Loves computers; and seems to always be on top of the latest and best. His prices still manage to challenge his box store competitors. (It is as I suspected that box stores expect such a huge margin on their equipment, that even their prices are more. In a nutshell he pays more, sells for less and actually has a decent warranty that isn't an extra cost.) 

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tina Norris Fields" <tinanfields at torchlake.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 7:32:31 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] New machine migrate to SSD

Hi Jim,
Sounds like a company we should all get to know.  Name and contact info 
or web address, please.
TNF

Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
231-322-2787

On 11/12/15 4:42 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Hi John:
>
> No wonder I don't fix laptops.
>
> I made that decision when disconnecting and re-connecting a video cable from the monitor and loosing the wedge that held the connector in place (10 of these items could fit on your finger tip), I was asked what were the 5 digit number on the back of the connector. I had to use a magnifying glass to see but a microscope would have been better.
>
> Here, there is a very fine little company that I have been doing business with for years and they will do a complete backup from any harddrive, remove the spinning rust, install the SSD, re-install the backup and get the OS authenticated if MS wishes it...the price of the SSD, taxes and $40. Best $40 I ever spent. ;-)
>    
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Colby" <jwcolby at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 7:23:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] New machine migrate to SSD
>
> OK, MY disk replacement was ...  a mess and I screwed it up.  Sigh.
> Inside of the machine, the disk had a ribbon cable running right over
> the top of it, in fact glued down to the disk.  The disk and it's
> circuit board had to be unscrewed, and pulled out, then the disk
> unscrewed from a carrier and slid out of the connector, the new disk
> slid into the connector and screwed into the carrier, then the carrier
> slid back into place and screwed back down.
>
> This ribbon cable went from the circuit board that is the disk
> controller, physically over the original disk, glued down to the
> original disk, then over to the edge of the case and serves signals to:
>
> 1) The memory card reader
> 2) The headphone / mic plug
> 3) The 2.0 USB plug.
>
> Super sigh!!! :(
>
> I had no choice but to unplug the cable and unglue it from the disk.
> Sadly it was not possible to get that ribbon back in place. It had a
> teeny tiny little white strip that jammed into the connector to hold the
> cable in and the pins pressed down to the circuit board.  And of course
> I did not have the correct tool to push it back into place.  I actually
> broke that little widget trying to force it back into the socket over
> the top of the cable.
>
> So... the disk replacement worked but I lost usage of those three IO
> ports.  That is to say that the SSD does in fact work, but now those
> three ports on the edge of the case do not.  I might be able to cut some
> strips of plastic and jam them into place into the little connectors,
> over the top of the ribbon cable.  Jury Rig it IOW.  I haven't tried
> that and am not sure that I will ever get around to trying.
>
> The only saving grace is that HOLY CANNOLI is the computer FASTER!!!!!
>
> It went from 30 seconds to boot to maybe 3 seconds???  Similar results
> for loading a browser, or any other program.  Insanely fast.  Well,
> relative to the same experience with a 5K RPM rotating disk.
>
> So I knew going in that this was not a "user replaceable" disk drive.  I
> have always managed, this time not so.  Had the drive not worked I would
> have been really unhappy.
>

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