riverstyx wrote:

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You can choose BM Recovery at boot and run through the recovery process which seems to fix this issue ...

Thank's Martin for the recovery Tip, it worked fine.

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Now I will have to learn how the setup works. I think it would be better to start a new threat for that.

I'm thinking about going the SSD way.

Do you think it is possible to wait for the 1TB SSDs price drop, or is it a must to get one of the first 1TB SSDs due to compatibilty issues?

Hi to all,

as a short update - my BM5 is now running daily for nearly a month on the Crucial MX300 SSD - flawless and faultless!

Robert

 

 

Thank you Robert

This is good news. Could you please confirm if this is the drive you are using "SSD Crucial MX300 1024 GB CT1050MX300SSD1"

Thanks a lot

Wojtek

 

Yes, it seems there is only one 1TB Crucial MX300, please note that the capacity is 1050 GB. This is the link to where I ordered it: https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/crucial-mx300-1050gb-25-ssd-5896363

best, Robert

Just a final remark on the Beomaster 5 Architecture, relevant to SSD performance. I was toying with the idea to switch from IDE Disk Standard (default) to the newer AHCI on my Beomaster 5. By visiting the Win XP Device Manager, I meanwhile found out that my Beomaster 5 runs on a single core Chipset VIA C7-D 2000Mhz - definitely not Intel and no comparison to modern multiple core Chipsets. Entering the BIOS menu (by pressing DEL as soon as the B&O Logo shows up during reboot), the BIOS reveals that there is no parameter to switch from IDE to AHCI. So IDE shall be the standard for the remaining lifetime of the system😠. There seems to be no major performance or reliability issue with running an SSD on IDE, but again that might be the reason that some SSD brands work well on BM5 and others do not.

I will put my attempts to improve the BM5 system performance to rest and count on a long life of the SSD-equipped BM5👍..,

best, Robert

 

Hi Robert,

how is your SSD equiped BM5 going after 2 years test?

gerard

Hi Gerard,

thanks for asking - it runs absolutely flawlessly on a daily basis, no problems or faults at all.

best, Robert

 

Nice to hear,

I've upgraded my HDD to a

Crucial MS500 1TB

worked without problem.

Great. You won’t regret it.

managed to get gparted running on BM5 to repartion new 1TB SSD Crucial MS500 1TB

But the SSD is not shown.

(BTW Crucial MD500 1TB cloned with the original 0.5 TB B&O HDD works fine)

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