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DIARY: March 24, 2012 12:48 PM Saturday; Rod Welch

C18 2nd SSD increase storage review by Morris.

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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 4 0001 ref SDS 3 0000.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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040901 - On 120322 developed plan to configure c18, ref SDS 4 IJ4G, following                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
040902 - delivery by HP on 120320 1643. ref SDS 3 7T9I                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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040905 - Previously, on 120313 discussed with Peter adding another solid state                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
040906 - drive for installing w7-64-bit.  At that time, Peter recommended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
040907 - installing a PCI slot SSD, because HP does not configure computers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
040908 - with 2 SSD drives. ref SDS 1 NJ66                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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040911 - Technical explanation of SSD reported on 120313 0948. ref SDS 2 6I6J                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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040914 - Procurement sources for PCI SSD storage drives also listed on 120313                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
040915 - 0948. ref SDS 2 EY6G                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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040918 - Today, Morris looked at c18.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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040921 - Discussed that congestion in the case makes installing another SSD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
040922 - circuit board in the PCI slot on the motherboard will be difficult.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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040925 - He explained findings that a secondary SSD can be installed in an open                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
040926 - drive bay.  Morris related finding cable connection points for another                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
040927 - drive, so he feels it can be installed without problems.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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040930 - Seemed to recommend getting a 5.25 form factor to fit the bay,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
040931 - otherwise need a special bracket for installation.  He advised that HP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
040932 - installed a smaller SSD in c18, which is nominally designed for                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
040933 - notebook computers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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040935 -            [On 120325 0611 further research buying SSD storage drives                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
040936 -            installed in drive bay. ref SDS 5 XI8M                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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040939 -            [On 120327 1253 visited Fry's and considered Corsair 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
040940 -            GB/s for $300. ref SDS 6 TK7F                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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040943 - Morris related today that last year, he configured a computer for                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
040944 - someone with Windows 7 64-bit installed on a drive partition other                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
040945 - than c.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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040948 - He had difficulty possibly getting w7-64 drivers, and seemed to say                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
040949 - w7064 does not update Vista drivers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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040952 - Morris said he did not do the step Ryan used of installing wxp-64.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
040953 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
040954 -            [On 120402 0129 ordered Samsung SSD storage disk Sata III,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
040955 -            6 GB/s. ref SDS 7 NN7L                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
040956 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
040957 -            [On 120402 2338 ordered Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
040958 -            configure c18. ref SDS 8 EO6L                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
040960 -             ..
040961 -            [On 120405 2208 placed order for Vista Ultimate upgrade                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
040962 -            with Amazon. ref SDS 9 LU6J                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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040965 -            [On 120407 1157 received Samsung SSD storage drive,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
040966 -            ref SDS 10 EO6L; but, did not received the storage bay                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
040967 -            converter, also ordered. on 120402, per above, ref SDS 7                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
040968 -            298G, and needed to install the SSD disk.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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040971 - This seemed odd, because Morris has discouraged installing the OS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
040972 - differently from the factory configuration.  He explained today, this                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
040973 - project was to help someone dual boot with unix, already installed on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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