June 2, 2009 at 11:41Installing a new SSD on the eee PC 901
For owners of eee PC netbooks on which branded SSDs are installed, it is no secret that these same SSDs are not very fast and, in addition, small. Smart people have covered this topic and are offering a replacement for the standard SSD. For example, on the MyDigitalDiscount website you can buy SSDs with a volume of 16, 32, 64 and even 128 GB with a read / write speed of 125 / 55-90MB / sec.
A month ago, I changed the classic 320GB HDD to my SSZ 64GB from OCZ in my laptop and ... was so impressed with the result that I didn’t even believe the sensations. I can’t compare by numbers what happened and what happened, because my old hard just fell in and I couldn’t drive HDBENCH on it, but the general impression is that I did not just change the drive, but upgraded the entire laptop.
The HDBENCH results on OCZ SSD 64GB are 130MB / 60MB (sequential read / write) - 70MB / 30MB (random read / write) Having enjoyed the update
, I remembered that my wife’s netbook also had 2 SSDs. But her computer speed is not a joy. Running HDBENCH on it, I saw that the results are deplorable. 25/16 on the main and 10/4 on the additional.
Then I wondered if it is possible to change the SSD in its netbook to a more productive one. A little googling I came across the MyDigitalDiscount website , which has a showcase of productive SSDs for different models of netbooks. After studying the topic, I was convinced that these SSDs were really worth it and decided to order one for myself. Fortunately, the store has a representative office on eBay.
I chose the Runcore 32GB model . At first I wanted to order on 16GB, but the price difference is not so significant, and 16GB would have to wait.
Ordered via eBay, paid via PayPal according to my usual Visa Electron.
Through! 6! days SSD brought. FedEx was astonishing. Usually parcels from abroad I wait for 18 days.
There was a screwdriver in the delivery set to unwind / tighten the netbook, USB-cable and the SSD itself. On ssd was the Acronis TrueImage installer. The guys put together the package very well, thought about the end user.
Akronis was not useful to me, because we store everything that we need at home on a file server, and computers are used as terminals, so I did not bother with creating an image and transferring it to a new SSD. Instead, I took a clean OS image from Recovery DVD for eeePC, unpacked it on an SSD and, using BOOTSECT, registered MBR on it. It took 15 minutes. After that, I disassembled eeePC, pulled out the old SSD, inserted a new one and it worked. another 15 minutes to remove any Asus rubbish and install OpenOffice. And about an hour to upgrade XP through Windows Update. As a result, after 2 hours the netbook was already as if nothing had happened.
It is very important not to forget to update the bios of the netbook to the latest version, otherwise the disk may not be determined, this is written on the manufacturer's website.
Launched HDBENCH. Results: 90MB / 30MB (sequential read / write) - 40MB / 10MB (random read / write). Not what the manufacturer claims, but much better already.
And most importantly - the wife is very happy. :)
PS SSD is used for 2 days, while everything is fine. If there are problems, I’ll inform you.
Problem
A month ago, I changed the classic 320GB HDD to my SSZ 64GB from OCZ in my laptop and ... was so impressed with the result that I didn’t even believe the sensations. I can’t compare by numbers what happened and what happened, because my old hard just fell in and I couldn’t drive HDBENCH on it, but the general impression is that I did not just change the drive, but upgraded the entire laptop.
The HDBENCH results on OCZ SSD 64GB are 130MB / 60MB (sequential read / write) - 70MB / 30MB (random read / write) Having enjoyed the update
, I remembered that my wife’s netbook also had 2 SSDs. But her computer speed is not a joy. Running HDBENCH on it, I saw that the results are deplorable. 25/16 on the main and 10/4 on the additional.
Then I wondered if it is possible to change the SSD in its netbook to a more productive one. A little googling I came across the MyDigitalDiscount website , which has a showcase of productive SSDs for different models of netbooks. After studying the topic, I was convinced that these SSDs were really worth it and decided to order one for myself. Fortunately, the store has a representative office on eBay.
SSD replacement
I chose the Runcore 32GB model . At first I wanted to order on 16GB, but the price difference is not so significant, and 16GB would have to wait.
Ordered via eBay, paid via PayPal according to my usual Visa Electron.
Through! 6! days SSD brought. FedEx was astonishing. Usually parcels from abroad I wait for 18 days.
There was a screwdriver in the delivery set to unwind / tighten the netbook, USB-cable and the SSD itself. On ssd was the Acronis TrueImage installer. The guys put together the package very well, thought about the end user.
Akronis was not useful to me, because we store everything that we need at home on a file server, and computers are used as terminals, so I did not bother with creating an image and transferring it to a new SSD. Instead, I took a clean OS image from Recovery DVD for eeePC, unpacked it on an SSD and, using BOOTSECT, registered MBR on it. It took 15 minutes. After that, I disassembled eeePC, pulled out the old SSD, inserted a new one and it worked. another 15 minutes to remove any Asus rubbish and install OpenOffice. And about an hour to upgrade XP through Windows Update. As a result, after 2 hours the netbook was already as if nothing had happened.
It is very important not to forget to update the bios of the netbook to the latest version, otherwise the disk may not be determined, this is written on the manufacturer's website.
Result
Launched HDBENCH. Results: 90MB / 30MB (sequential read / write) - 40MB / 10MB (random read / write). Not what the manufacturer claims, but much better already.
And most importantly - the wife is very happy. :)
PS SSD is used for 2 days, while everything is fine. If there are problems, I’ll inform you.