SSD in CF-R6

I was just wondering whether anyone around here had installed a SSD in their CF-R6 and would be willing to share their impressions.

Thanks in advance.

 

Well I have them in my CF-19 MK1/2 and my CF-52 MK1/2 and they are much fast on start up and opening and closing programs. I would not think twice about putting one in yours, go for it .

 

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Best two things to upgrade are memory and HDD. More memory makes it faster and a SSD makes it a lot faster.

 

I guess I should've worded the question more precisely:

Very familiar with SSDs and upgrades in general.

New to the CF-R6 but not Panasonic ToughBooks and Let's Note units...

Owned a couple of CF-R4s, Y5 and a few others...

I'm looking for specific, first-hand experience with the model in question, along with data on what SSD the owner installed and their feedback on do's and don'ts...

TIA

 

Not really sure if you are going to find any members that have the one's you have...first time I have seen a post about the CF-R6 and CF-R4

 

I know they are rare...but figured it was worth a shot.

My CF-R4s are long since gone, one ended up in the UK and the other one is still somewhere here in the U.S.

Prospect of shoving a SSD in the lovely format of CF-Rx series was what made me get this one and swallow the keyboard which is the Japanese/U.S. combo one...

I guess that I'll be posting my own impressions here once I've bitten the bullet, ripped the poor thing apart and installed a SSD...

Maybe over this upcoming long weekend...

Stay tuned...

 

If you are looking for any info on SSD's check out the link in my sig. These guys helped me a lot on which one to get and they have a great guide for setting it up too. SSD Optimization Guide

 

Maybe this is helpful: I have a Panasonic R6, in which I installed the Seagate Momentus XT 750GB hybrid drive. It's a little bit difficult to open the machine - essentially you need to completely open it and make sure you remember where the screws are. I followed the instructions on this Japanese website:

CF-R6???HDD?????

Any drive I've tried till now worked out of the box. The hybrid drive speeds up the machine significantly, but it consumes a little bit more power.

The main problem with my machine is that it runs very warm under stress (no fan). If you open the machine any way, and you have the same problem, you may consider replacing the thermal compound as well (Arctic silver already worked for me - the aged thermal compound in my machine clearly wasn't conducting very well any more).

 

Thank you for the link, travelings!

I sort of figured out that the procedure would be slightly different from gutting out a CF-R4, and you've just confirmed it for me, likely saving me quite some grief in the process. Much appreciated.

 

I am debating between installing the Seagate Momentus XT 750GB or a 250gb SSD in my Panasonic W8. With the recent fall in SSD prices, the cost is within $50. Given your recent upgrade, what are your thoughts? I believe the W8 is using SATA rev 1.

I can eliminate FLAC (music files), movies and photos to get down to 180GB. I think that either choice will extend the useful life of the W8.

PS I miss my Panasonic R4. I tried replacing the battery with a third party battery but it was substandard. Wish that I could put a SATA drive or SSD in there and a new battery. However, it would probably still be painfully slow.

PPS Here is a link to upgrading a hard drive on a R4. http://www.laohu.co.uk/r4/ I think I used a Japanese site when I did my upgrade. I hope they made the HD a little more accessible in the R6!

PPPS I think I should have started a new post dealing with SSD, hybrid drive and old sata connection on a W8.

 

I'm afraid I can't give much advice on this - I have too many files I prefer to keep around, and use multiple operating systems, so I did not consider SSDs. The Momentus XT performs significantly better than the original disk, but is not as energy efficient.

That was also my consideration - as the machine is still performing well on most tasks I use it for, I decided to extend its lifespan with this new disk.

It doesn't seem so. The new J9/J10 is much better from this perspective. I like the idea that if my R6 breaks down in the near future, I can move the disk to a J9/J10 rather easily.

 

what i hear from co-workers is that hybrids aren't that bad. a little bit better power consumption, but not much and noticably faster than a traditional HDD. However, I myself am always away and on the road and I didn't need the 750Gb. So I set out to find a good, reliable 250Gb SSD.
I ended up with a 600Gb intel 320 SSD, but that was an accident. I use around 280Gb of the 500 available (the disk takes some spare and Panasonic recovery disk etc). I now have around 100Gb of movies and series because I have the space anyway. But it isn't needed for work, it's just nice.
What I wanted to say is: if your laptop lives on a desk and has a nice life near a power outlet, the Hybrid gives a lot of space. If you want more rugged, or you want less power consumptionor even faster performance the SSD is your friend.