The SSD up grade. (replacing the Harddrive)
Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 24
  1. #1
    Tech Mentor tomii's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    Sicily
    Posts
    259

    Default The SSD up grade. (replacing the Harddrive)

    So I read the article that was posted yesterday about installing a Solid State Disk. I understand that the demonstration was done on an Apple, however I have a couple of questions about doin this to a PC.

    First thing though... if there is another thread on here that explains this, it would be greatly appreciated to be directed to the proper thread.

    Ok here we go.. What exactly am I doin to the PC? Am I taking out the hard drive? (can I take out the hard drive?) I know that I do the mod by taking out the optical drive. (thats the CD/DVDRW right?) By doin this how is it making my PC faster?

    I am curious; if taking out the optical drive, and replacing it with the SSD makes the PC faster, then why not do the same with the actual hard drive?

    Once the mod is complete. How difficult is it to replace my software ie.. Windows and Traktor.

    And last.. Is it worth it? Should I just buy a new laptop? I looked into the prices of SSD's and I found, for 400 I can purchase the SSD (not the best one...but still.) a new hard drive that pushes 10,000 rpm (only 130 Gigs tho) and through the help of the Techtools family, I can rule the world.

    But still... I found comps with some powerful processers. 2.5GHz for 500. So what should I do? I dont have any clue on what the processor really does. I just understand that, faster is better.

    I currently have an HP DV5 that has 2.00 GHz processor speed and 2 gigs of RAM. My hardrive is about half full (All tracks are on external) But it runs real loud. Traktor seems to crash when ever it wants to, or its slow. I use a VCI 100 (firmware upgrade to 1.3) and a Kontrol X1. My VCI's left deck dont work (Might have Flashed it wrong) but my X1 works perfectly. If i run the software through my internal sound card of my laptop and just mix through my head phones, the software runs really good. However, If i use my external sound card, then the latency is horrible. So playing a party is unwise at this point.

    So all these issues I have with my gear.... can they be solved by installing these Solid State Disks?

    Thanks my people. Any help would be much appreciated.

    Here is a mix for ya. Using the VCI 100 and the Kontrol X1.
    "Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek to express the universe in terms of music... " "Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art." Quotes of wisdom...

  2. #2
    Tech Guru Nesquigs's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Location
    Boston MA
    Posts
    1,324

    Default

    i dont think popping an SSD into your PC will fix your hardware issues

    running an ssd for the OS will speed that Mofo up like nothing else, but you still should have a HDD (cause appearantly after so many read/writes on an SSD you lose data)

    rather than buying a whole new laptop(unless its a mac in that case i say ditch the pc :P), id update your HP with a 60 gb SSD for the OS and programs then beef up your HDD with a decent size/speed

    that should stop your crashes -- and as for the hardware, re install all that and reflash the firmware to the vci (idk how you live with only using one side..... your a saint)
    Quote Originally Posted by Xonetacular View Post
    Ya I've heard one song. It's called Skrillex.
    13" Macbook - 256gb SSD, 750gb HDD, 8gb Ram ❘ DDJ-SX | HDJ-2000
    Kontrol Z1 | Midifighter 3D | Kontrol X1

  3. #3
    Retired DJTT Moderator DvlsAdvct's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    New Jersey/NYC
    Posts
    4,854

    Default

    Seems like there are a bunch of issues you need to fix before you worry about a Solid State Drive. That might fix some problems, but it surely isn't going to fix the major ones.

    As far as swapping the drives on a PC, it's not that hard. Transferring the info can be a pain in the ass but it's definitely do-able.
    It's the FAQ. Read it.

    My Mixes, Mashups and Rants

    Divided we stand
    United we fall

  4. #4
    Tech Mentor tomii's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    Sicily
    Posts
    259

    Default

    lmao I do have issue's. but ive gone through every tread on here. and the only thing i can think of is, I need to flash my VCI again, ditch the ghetto vestax sound card and get an NI Audio 2, then do something about the comp.

    I saw the article and figured, instead of getting anew comp i could give this a go. One i get the new SSD and a new Harddrive, how can I transfer my data from my old harddrive to the new one?

    What is the RPM speed for? and the GHz? If i have 2.00GHz already and the traktor pro calls for 1.5GHz, Im sure the X1 and the VCI along with the sound card eat up the processing power. So is 2.00GHz sufficient ? Will the solid state disk add to the processing power?
    "Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek to express the universe in terms of music... " "Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art." Quotes of wisdom...

  5. #5
    Retired DJTT Moderator DvlsAdvct's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    New Jersey/NYC
    Posts
    4,854

    Default

    What sound card do you have? What are your latency settings? As far as I know Traktor should run at least okay on it. What about the left deck won't work? Does the jog wheel not respond?

    The SSD won't hurt but it won't fix all your problems, especially seeing how 130 gigs ain't that much storage (I currently have over 1075 gigs on my lappy). This sounds more like a soundcard/controller problem than a hard drive speed problem.
    It's the FAQ. Read it.

    My Mixes, Mashups and Rants

    Divided we stand
    United we fall

  6. #6
    Tech Mentor tomii's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    Sicily
    Posts
    259

    Default

    Not sure what is up with my VCI. I have gone through thread after thread to try and fix it. My left deck dose not respond. it will respond to pitch bend but then it freezes. I have adjusted the sensitivity settings, used different TSI files and installed loopB.

    this has been goin on for over a year now and the only thing I can think of is. One send it to Techtools to have them look at it or re-flash the vci. I called techtools yesterday and they pretty much suggested the samething. I have one of the original VCI's and I upgraded the Firmware myself.

    I would like faster comp and it seems like my comp should be sufficient but the hardware issue is killin me! Cant afford another controller and I really dont want one. Using the VCI at 60% and still rockin it...shit! this thing is a beast. I just want the full potential and dont no how to get there.
    "Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek to express the universe in terms of music... " "Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art." Quotes of wisdom...

  7. #7
    Retired DJTT Moderator DvlsAdvct's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    New Jersey/NYC
    Posts
    4,854

    Default

    But it's just the jog wheel, right?

    Do you still have the upgrade kit to flash it?

    Check what you're latency settings are for your soundcard. If it's working fine on the internal soundcard then I would be almost 100% positive it's an issue with the soundcard itself.
    It's the FAQ. Read it.

    My Mixes, Mashups and Rants

    Divided we stand
    United we fall

  8. #8
    Tech Wizard
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    East Grinstead, UK
    Posts
    52

    Default

    If you have the external HDD plugged in via USB, and the VCI300, AND the X1, then the mobo will most likely run out of USB bandwidth, hence causing the latency. Having all your tracks on your internal HDD could solve this. SSD's are much faster than a normal HDD, but as Traktor doesnt use much power to run, once its loaded it should be fine, and it doesnt use much CPU power either, so the SSD would only reduce the loading time of the songs into Traktor, but as you load them from your external HDD, it would seem 1000000 times faster!

    So first point of call should be load all your songs onto your internal HDD, then ditch the external. Also, close everything down on your PC apart from traktor, including WIFI etc as that will drain the CPU.

  9. #9
    Tech Wizard
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    D.C./Baltimore
    Posts
    86

    Default

    ahhhh you needz to learn yourself some computer tech. it looks like you are getting all mixed up with GHZ and RPM and SSD and optical drives....A SSD does not usually "replace" your optical (CD) drive. You have one hard drive in your laptop which more than likely spins at 5400 RPM's...this is typical for laptops for power saving reasons and cost. a 7200 RPM hard drive is pretty much the standard and has been for years so even upgrading to a regular 7200 RPM will make a difference over a 5400 RPM one. A hard drive contains platters which hold your data and the RPM is how fast the motor inside spins those platters which then correlates to how fast you can read/write data off of them including response time.

    Now your software (traktor, itunes...etc) along with your operating system (windows, mac...etc) is stored on your internal hard drive. When/if you decide to upgrade your hard drive to say a SSD you will remove your current hard drive and replace it with the SSD... BUT....all of your data including your operating system is stored on that internal hard drive...you will need to completely re-install windows! AHHH

    You will need to have a windows installation CD to perform this operation and since you have a external hard drive you can use that to backup ALL of your data before you go forth with adding in the SSD. "Data" as in pictures, movies, audio files, traktor settings...keep in mind you will have to re-install all of the applications you previously had on your computer all over again and if you have special settings configured inside each application, you will loose that unless you back them up somehow. I wont get into how to backup application specific settings as that varies from app to app.

    Also, what operating system are you currently running (windows 7? 32 bit or 64 bit?) and better yet what type of laptop are we talking about here? upgrading RAM also has a big impact on your performance too. Don't bother looking at upgrading your CPU on that thing, it should be ample enough to run traktor.

  10. #10
    Tech Mentor tomii's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    Sicily
    Posts
    259

    Default

    I got a vestax vai-40 for the external soundcard. I'm running vista intel(R) core(tm)2 duo. D drive is 1.81 GB free of 11.1 GB and my C drive is 123GB free of 221GB

    Do store all my tracks on a external. I had the idea that Keeping tracks on my comp would slow my computer down. I have over 500 gigs of music. So im sure you tellin me to store the tracks that I no i have the possibility of playing.

    LMAO and yes my friends I am completely computer dumb!

    Hell guys! I just want my stuff to finally run proper. If I dont need to do anything to my comp then great! I dont want a new controller but the left deck issue is killing me! Also I think I will purchase a Audio 2.

    I know we are off thread here...but its my thread I guess lol. But like said. I have been on techtools for years now. I know how to search threads for proper info. But I just cant find anything that helps fix my VCI issue. And really thats the biggest issue.

    I cant take this out of my house and expect to play a crowd knowing that my comp, soundcard or VCI has the possibility of going out on me. So i'll go to best buy and get the proper wire to Re-Flash the VCI

    Now the issue I had before is the serial to USB didnt work so I used serial to serial. Is that still the way to do the flash? Will a serial to HDMI work?
    "Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek to express the universe in terms of music... " "Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art." Quotes of wisdom...

Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •