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TDS5054B SSD Swap-in Fail

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HalFoster:
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Just upgraded my TDS5054B-NV-AV to a Sandisk 240GB SSD using Clonezilla.  Made a Cd, plugged in the SSD to the primary SATA port and booted.  Clonezilla made a copy, I shut down, removed the IDE and power cable from the original drive and booted.  Everything came up exactly as always, just a bit faster ;-)

Next, I added 4 sticks of 1G PC3200/DDR400 (2.6v and a Pentium 4 2.8GHz - again, everything just came up as always - just quite a bit faster this time.  I really expected there to be issues, but am thrilled it all went smoothly.  Mine is running Win 2K SP4 on an Intel D865GLC MB with bios BF86510A.86A.0069.P21

For some reason, I'm remembering that there may have been other MBs in this series used but I could be wrong there. 

Hal

daveyk:
I got it to work on an SSD!  I ordered a 120gb SANDISK for $22 from Amazon - lol.  Restored the image using Norton Ghost 11 and it works like a champ.  Except when my fat hand were in there, one of my knuckles hit the CPU fan and broke a blade off.  It (the entire scope) vibrated so bad it caused numerous problems.  I unhooked the fan and only booted long enough to know the system is working again.  I ordered a brand-new in the box dual core CPU for $25 and a new fan kit for about $12 off of EBAY:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz Dual-Core (BX80557E6600) Processor NOS! Sealed box

Hopefully it will work.  It is supposed to be compatible with the that mommy board and faster.  I need more RAM also (well don't need, it want it).  I will order what you did, four sticks of 1G PC3200/DDR400.  I guess the processor I ordered is not as fast as yours, but I went by what an upgrade page recommended (https://xdevs.com/fix/tds5000b/).  I should have gotten a faster one; I just didn't know.  Its not a big loss if I have to order another one again.

daveyk:
"Next, I added 4 sticks of 1G PC3200/DDR400"

I don't know if those work in the TDS5054B mother board.  I am thinking it needs 1 GB DDR2 UDIMM??  Personally, I am quite good at certain aspects of electronics and quality systems, but I lost tract of computers, other than in sing them, after 2000.  I can build them, and a lot, but am not familiar anymore with what works with what mommy boards.

Will the memory you mentioned work in the TDS5054B with the original mother board?  When you state you put in a P4 2.8GHz, was that the same mother board that came in the scope or do you update the mother board?

HalFoster:
No, it's the MB that came with the scope - it's the Intel one listed.  I don't know if *all* of the "B" variants of the 5054 have the same MB - I thought not, but maybe I was thinking the "non-B" having a different MB.  It's - as far as i know - completely stock; other than changing out the HD/RAM/uPC all I did was to replace one leaking electrolytic cap near the SATA connectors.

Hal

HalFoster:
And, re the ram - all that I can say is that it works perfectly in *my* scope.  I downloaded the manual for my MB and used that as the guide to what I bought to upgrade.

Hal

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