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SSD in AW1600 works!!
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I bought a used AW1600 this week and like others I disliked the noise coming from the internal HDD (Seagate). On my search for solutions I found this great forum. My first goal was to replace the HDD and purchased a WD 160Gig but I was not able to get it installed : The display kept telling me "Update incomplete" Switch off.

Of course the ideal solution could be a SSD (no moving parts)
I decided to buy a OCZ Vertex2 60 Gig with a IDE2SATA interface board (like the one shown in another thread). I thought the first thing to do is cloning the original HDD with Acronis and expected that to work....... it didn't (:-(( ooops!

But the AW kindly asked to insert the Updater CD, I did that and guess what? : Within a few seconds the AW1600 was working in absolute silence.... Just install the demo-song and samples and copy my own recordings via the USB interface.... that's it guys!!

I'm soo happy this worked. Hope this helps many others to get rid of the annoying noise.

Ralph (Netherlands)

Hoi Ralph,

Welkom bij dit bijzondere clubje mensen. Doe of je thuis bent!

cheers

r

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I installed a ssd, too, and it works fine. And noiseless ! Pay attention to which converter to use: you'll need a male IDE to SATA (like a Startech male IDE to SATA). Cheap and simple. It was plug and play.
Thanks Ralph, for the tip.
Klaas. (Netherlands)

Hoi Klaas, welkom op dit forum.

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Dag Robbie, bedankt voor je welkom. 'k Had niet in de gaten dat hier ook een aantal Dutchies rondzwerven. Nice! Misschien handig voor sommige lastige AW-vragen en tips.

To be specific about the connection between a SATA-ssd and the AW1600: it is a "40 pin male IDE to 2,5in/3,5in SATA converter".
The next thing to consider is how to mount the ssd on the Yammies HD-plate. I drilled a few holes, but I guess you can use double sided adhesive tape between the mounting plate of the ssd and the HD-plate of the AW1600.
Klaas.

Hey guys,

Nice to hear others followed this 'path to absolute silence'

Robbie: Ben je misschien ook bezig met Yamaha Tyrossen??

Klaas: Dutchies vind je overal

Roel (Coevorden)

Hoi Roel, nee, centjes zijn op

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Hi there,

I also have the OCZ Vertex2 60GB SSD and guess what: when I put in inside the machine and fire it up the process end with this annoying message INCOMPLETE TURN OFF. Before that it asks me for the CD, which I put where it belongs and then I press this and that button etc. it even starts to read the update/OS whatever file on the CD (I've got the files via email from the YAMAHA support) but it doesn't finish. Sadly. Any ideas what I could try next?
I drive a blue car and wear black underpants. Should I go for a black car and blue underpants?

Black car!

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rz-land

…so I've got me a black car.
Still having problems with my AW1600 though. Original harddrive starts making strange noises and I found a SSD PATA 64GB harddrive that i was able to put the Yamaha OS on. The AW1600 starts up correctly and seems to be working but: as soon as i record something and want to play it back ist freezes!!! after about 500ms nothing goes. Freeze. Turn off. Also freezes after failed to get into USB mode (drives didn't appear on computer) and trying to get back to normal mode. So I'm still unhappy with the situation. But for quite some time I had the silent machine I was dreaming of and some happy minutes before I tried to record something. Went for some beers.

keep at it. ther have been ssd installed successfully.

I have an ssd card in my old ipod (Gen 5) and it works well. good luck.

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