Hi,
I am so happy that I managed to installed one of my old Samsung 80GB hard disk into Jason's desktop PC.
The challenge was that there was no more IDE port and I did not want to install it using the IDE connection that was already used for the DVD Rewriter since there are 3unused SATA port.
After some research on the Internet, I found that there is such a gadget to link an IDE to a SATA connection or vice versa.
So off to Sim Lim Square (SLS) to look for it.
I bought it for S$18 and after fiddling around with it, I got it working....!
Hurray...!
I am so happy that I managed to installed one of my old Samsung 80GB hard disk into Jason's desktop PC.
The challenge was that there was no more IDE port and I did not want to install it using the IDE connection that was already used for the DVD Rewriter since there are 3unused SATA port.
After some research on the Internet, I found that there is such a gadget to link an IDE to a SATA connection or vice versa.
So off to Sim Lim Square (SLS) to look for it.
I bought it for S$18 and after fiddling around with it, I got it working....!
Hurray...!
It was quite challenging as it did not detect the HD initially and then only managed to detect 32GB out of 80GB in the HD.
If you know how and patient enough, you can get reasonable help from the Internet and then you do some trial and error.
I managed to overcome all the obstacles and I met my objective of installing the old HD into Jas's PC to give him more disk space.
Earlier, I also did some housekeeping and salvaged some disk space on his existing HD too otherwise, the PC could not even do a fragmentation as there was not enough work space for it.
Well, I enjoy playing with the PC upgrade.
A few weeks ago, my Filipino maid asked me to help her go to SLS to get a DIY PC for her to bring home; ie pay the shop to assemble a PC. It was slightly cheaper by at least S$100 but the QC and installation was done by me after all the components were assembled.
I dare not offer to build it for her though I did it a few years ago and it was also given to her subsequently and I believe it is still working in his brother's home in Philippines.
It has rekindled my interest in building a PC or looking at the motherboards and CPU, etc.... but I have no excuse to spend $$ building one for the fun of it. So the next best thing is to look into upgrading the Jason desktop PC......ha...ha....
Over the past few months, I have also be shopping for notebooks for a friend at the PC shows. One is coming again later this Nov.
So if you got an old PC for upgrade or even an old notebook to dispose of, give me a call ........ hopefully, I can help you or salvage some components that I can use or play with.....ha...ha...
David
If you know how and patient enough, you can get reasonable help from the Internet and then you do some trial and error.
I managed to overcome all the obstacles and I met my objective of installing the old HD into Jas's PC to give him more disk space.
Earlier, I also did some housekeeping and salvaged some disk space on his existing HD too otherwise, the PC could not even do a fragmentation as there was not enough work space for it.
Well, I enjoy playing with the PC upgrade.
A few weeks ago, my Filipino maid asked me to help her go to SLS to get a DIY PC for her to bring home; ie pay the shop to assemble a PC. It was slightly cheaper by at least S$100 but the QC and installation was done by me after all the components were assembled.
I dare not offer to build it for her though I did it a few years ago and it was also given to her subsequently and I believe it is still working in his brother's home in Philippines.
It has rekindled my interest in building a PC or looking at the motherboards and CPU, etc.... but I have no excuse to spend $$ building one for the fun of it. So the next best thing is to look into upgrading the Jason desktop PC......ha...ha....
Over the past few months, I have also be shopping for notebooks for a friend at the PC shows. One is coming again later this Nov.
So if you got an old PC for upgrade or even an old notebook to dispose of, give me a call ........ hopefully, I can help you or salvage some components that I can use or play with.....ha...ha...
David
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