Maybe a jumper problem in the disk (Master - Slave, etc)?

pedro <pedro@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi Robert
>
>Following your experience, I purchased the same SSD to install on my TC1100.
>That's strange the TC1100 bios does not recognize the SSD.
>I have upgraded the bios to the latest release without success. (june 2005)
>
>The SSD works inside a USB /IDE box, so it could not be incriminated.
>What do you think ? Bios problem ? SSD problem?
>
>I purchased exactly the same model: TS64GSSD25-M
>
>"Robert M. Lincoln" wrote:
>
>> I recently purchased a 64 GB Transcend 2.5" IDE solid state drive
>> (TS64GSSD25-M) to replace my Hitachi Travelstar 60 GB 7200 rpm drive in my
>> HP tablet TC1100.
>>
>> The drive works flawlessly. However, it is only slightly faster than the
>> physical 7200 rpm drive. It's better, but I have to admit it is a big
>> disappointment. The rate limiting feature seems to be the speed of the
>> TC1100 processor (1.1 GHz).
>>
>> The OS (XP and then service pak 3) installed without incident. Formatting
>> the disk only took 40 secs! I recall it took several minutes for the 60GB
>> physical 7200 drive. I've reinstalled all my applications - no errors. The
>> drive is seductively silent. I've performed numerous defrags (not that this
>> needs to be done on a solid state drive), all without problems. The drive
>> stays cooler than the 7200 rpm drive, and uses battery power a little less.
>>
>> However, it is nowhere near as fast as I thought it would be. Everything is
>> a little snappier than my 7200 rpm physical drive: installations are
>> quicker, some programs load a little faster. But it doesn't blow yourmind
>> away. Hibernation takes as much time as with my 7200 rpm drive, a big
>> disappointment. It takes my TC1100 about 30 secs to close down in
>> hibernation (from the tap on the Q menu), and about 25 - 30 seconds towake
>> up from hibernation (from pressing the on switch to the beginning screen,
>> 10 - 15 seconds just to go through the "resuming windows" progress bar). It
>> uses battery power less, but not dramatically so. It's also not all that
>> light - may scale says 90 grams for the solid state drive, 115 grams for the
>> Hitachi 60GB 7200 rpm drive. I guess I was expecting something very light
>> weight. The solid state drive is supposed to have much greater shock
>> resistance, but I've never dropped a laptop or experienced a broken 2.5"
>> drive.
>>
>> Overall, a good product. But having used the product, I'm not sure itis
>> worth the cost when compared to physical drives. You can get this drive
>> from Amazon or NewEgg for $250 - $300. It's better than the physical drive,
>> but I was expecting really short times to place the PC in hibernation mode.
>> That is not the case. Defrags also still take a lot of time. So, some
>> things work very fast, others show no difference. Movies are not jerky, but
>> they weren't with my 7200 drive.
>>
>> I once had a 5400 rpm drive on my TC1100. I found a noticeable difference
>> in speed between it and the 7200. Upgrading memory from 512k to 1GB RAM
>> also made a noticeable difference. In comparison, the noticeable difference
>> in speed using the solid state drive is not that great when compared to a
>> 7200 rpm physical drive.
>>
>> It seems, for the TC1100, the rate limiting feature is the speed of the CPU.
>>
>>
Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!