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#154704 - 11/04/2003 02:52 Another successful HDD upgrade
sundayjumper
journeyman

Registered: 19/06/2002
Posts: 72
Loc: West Berkshire
Many thanks to Tony et al for the excellent drive upgrade instructions. After a dry run last week to make sure I knew exactly what to do, I had my new 30Gb drive up and running just over thirty minutes after it arrived on my doorstep this morning. It's (hopefully) sitting at home right now transferring all the stuff that wouldn't fit on there before. I've got a long trip to make tomorrow, so the timing is absolutely perfect :-)

Thanks again for all the work creating & maintaining the FAQ.

Steve.

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#154705 - 11/04/2003 04:56 Re: Another successful HDD upgrade [Re: sundayjumper]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Congrats!

I'll take this time to also say that the Drive Upgrade Guide that Tony maintains and countless others have contributed to is wonderful! I've done at least a dozen upgrades and it would have been impossible without that Guide.

Those of you who havn't checked it out recently should do so - Tony has been busy adding every bit of relevant information that has come up regarding drive upgrades.
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#154706 - 11/04/2003 05:19 Re: Another successful HDD upgrade [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
andym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
The FAQ covers the whole process in such great detail even a monkey could attempt a drive upgrade and succeed. It's absolutely brilliant, pretty much like the whole of riocar.org. A job well done lads...
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Andy M

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#154707 - 11/04/2003 05:25 Re: Another successful HDD upgrade [Re: andym]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
I didn't realize how great it was until I visited some other sites looking for tutorials (not related to the empeg) and came back disappointed.
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Brad B.

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#154708 - 11/04/2003 06:42 Re: Another successful HDD upgrade [Re: sundayjumper]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31601
Loc: Seattle, WA
Aw, shucks, thanks you guys. <blush>
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#154709 - 11/04/2003 06:44 Re: Another successful HDD upgrade [Re: tfabris]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31601
Loc: Seattle, WA
Let me add that... The FAQ and the drive upgrade guide wouldn't have been possible without all of the input from the Cambridge team and everyone else on this BBS. They are the result of a complete community effort, I'm just the guy who does the typing and adds the HTML tags.
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#154710 - 16/04/2003 07:59 Re: Another successful HDD upgrade [Re: andym]
frog51
pooh-bah

Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Yup - count me in as one happy monkey. Added a 40 to my 20 last week. It took about 30 minutes, and after watching me do it, my brother got me to take his to bits to reseat the drive cable, although he may end up having to get a new cable - it seemed fine.

Piece of cake (even though I knew I didn't have the right jumper...I lost the one I was keeping for the job. Well, they are very small)

Next development - lit buttons. I reckon Brian doesn't have me on his list, so I'm watching the various threads on the topic.
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Rory
MkIIa, blue lit buttons, memory upgrade, 1Tb in Subaru Forester STi
MkII, 240Gb in Mark Lord dock
MkII, 80Gb SSD in dock

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#154711 - 28/04/2003 14:34 Re: Another successful HDD upgrade [Re: tfabris]
morrisdl
enthusiast

Registered: 21/08/2000
Posts: 346
Loc: Rochester, NY USA
Sorry to rehash an old thread, but I two wanted to thank the author of the drive upgrade manual. Its my B-day today, so I got a new drive from my girlfriend (how special is that). I took the day off work, enjoyed the 70+ (24C) weather, and had a couple beers with my unemployed friends.

Not that I would recommend this, but the upgrade instructions are easy enough to follow even with a decent buzz. Thanks Tony!!

Now a modest 32G.
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#154712 - 28/04/2003 15:25 Re: Another successful HDD upgrade [Re: morrisdl]
Satan_X
enthusiast

Registered: 22/03/2002
Posts: 251
Loc: Ramsey, NJ
Another thanks to Tony. My 10 gig just got 40 extra gigs. With the HD upgrade manual, it made it a piece of cake.
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#154713 - 28/04/2003 16:14 Re: Another successful HDD upgrade [Re: Satan_X]
rafran
new poster

Registered: 21/03/2000
Posts: 26
Might as well put my kudo's in as well. Upgraded mine two weeks ago. Piece of cake with the info on riocar.org. Thanks to all that support this toy we so love!!
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Rick (MkII #80000150 w/tuner & stalk, 40gb)

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#154714 - 28/04/2003 17:20 Re: Another successful HDD upgrade [Re: rafran]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
kudo's
It's been a while....

First, as we've all stated before, using an apostrophe is not the proper way to make something plural.

Second, ``kudos'' is not plural. It's a singular Greek word.
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#154715 - 28/04/2003 17:42 Re: Another successful HDD upgrade [Re: wfaulk]
Daria
carpal tunnel

Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
It's been a while....


6, maybe 7 days?

Second, ``kudos'' is not plural. It's a singular Greek word.


No, there's a guy named kudo. It's like e e cummings crossed with Sting. One name, all lowercase.

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#154716 - 28/04/2003 18:25 Re: Another successful HDD upgrade [Re: morrisdl]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31601
Loc: Seattle, WA
Hey, thanks you guys. I'm glad it was helpful.

And to re-iterate, it couldn't have happened without the cooperation of the experts in Cambridge and the people on this BBS. I'm just the guy who typed in the HTML.
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Tony Fabris

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