KRONOS RAM UPGRADE 2Go to 4 Go

Neko · Post by **Neko** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:24 pm

It should be written next to the video description.

It's Death and the healing by Wintersun.
If you like it I suggest you look further for this band, i've been a metalhead for many years now and I can tell I don't know other band that can deliver as much magic.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:17 pm

Wintersun is awesome!

McHale · Post by **McHale** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:01 pm

Neko wrote:I made a little video to show how to upgrade to 4BG RAM. I just did it recently and it's actually quite safe if you know how to use both your hands, assuming you do so if you have a Kronos =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjJaG89t7lk

good vid. For the 88, the only difference is you remove all the screws that go into the wood bottom except the 4 screws that hold the rubber feet on. There is no bar.

...at least that's what someone told me. I wouldn't know because I'd never open mine up!

synthjoe · Post by **synthjoe** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:14 pm

McHale wrote:...at least that's what someone told me. I wouldn't know because I'd never open mine up!

xDxDxDxD

ProfessorShred · Post by **ProfessorShred** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:45 am

Neko wrote:
i've been a metalhead for many years now and I can tell I don't know other band that can deliver as much magic.

Hmmm about a band from New Jersey named Symphony X

Serg · Post by **Serg** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:59 am

Neko wrote:It should be written next to the video description.

It's Death and the healing by Wintersun.
If you like it I suggest you look further for this band, i've been a metalhead for many years now and I can tell I don't know other band that can deliver as much magic.

Thank you Neko:)

SpIdErWeB · Post by **SpIdErWeB** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:41 pm

Now, you just need to swap the SSD by a $279 OWC 120 GB SSD, the new Extreme Pro 6G, and it might reduce the boot and loading time by 4

I'm just thinking out loud...

Here's the OWC page: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Mercury_6G/

You can still try with a 240 or 480 GB, but it might be too expensive now and not very useful now... But if we can convert some Sample Libraries (Kontakt format) in Akai or SF2 to use them with the Kronos, then it could be interesting to consider a bigger drives....

Again, just thinking out loud...

I'm gone

Spid

SpIdErWeB · Post by **SpIdErWeB** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:51 pm

PS: For whom's wondering, here's some benchmark and speed test (it's done on a MacMini, but it still gives an idea of the speed):

http://blog.macsales.com/11258-by-the-n ... 1-mac-mini

With a Extreme 6G SSD, you can literally read 210 MB/s, so you could load 1 GB EXs in 5 seconds

I'm out of here now

Spid

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:44 pm

If the data bus cannot keep up with its bandwidth, you'll never get that maximum of 210 MB/s in real life. And I presume that's the reason Kronos' boot time is that slow (Kronos also has an older generation SSD inside, most likely).

SpIdErWeB · Post by **SpIdErWeB** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:02 pm

Atom Motherboards use SATA II 3Gb/s ports, which allow 300 MB/s bandwidth per port... well enough to handle the SSD.

GregC · Post by **GregC** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:02 pm

SpIdErWeB wrote:PS: For whom's wondering, here's some benchmark and speed test (it's done on a MacMini, but it still gives an idea of the speed):

http://blog.macsales.com/11258-by-the-n ... 1-mac-mini

With a Extreme 6G SSD, you can literally read 210 MB/s, so you could load 1 GB EXs in 5 seconds

I'm out of here now
Spid

wow, its like NASCAR for computer nerds

SpIdErWeB · Post by **SpIdErWeB** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:11 pm

I'm a computer nerd... which is thinking about building a Raid SSD MacMini Server to reach the 995 MB/s and then be able to load 1GB Sample Library in a second only...

That should be fast enough to load huge Kontakt, Eastwest and Spectrasonics libraries in almost "realtime"

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:15 pm

SpIdErWeB wrote:I'm a computer nerd... which is thinking about building a Raid SSD MacMini Server to reach the 995 MB/s and then be able to load 1GB Sample Library in a second only...

No need for that. See OCZ RevoDrives. PCI-X SSDs

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:17 pm

SpIdErWeB wrote:Atom Motherboards use SATA II 3Gb/s ports, which allow 300 MB/s bandwidth per port... well enough to handle the SSD.

OK, that's hardware. Is there anything software (OS) related that needs to be done to support full bandwidth of the SATA bus?

SpIdErWeB · Post by **SpIdErWeB** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:21 pm

EvilDragon wrote:
SpIdErWeB wrote:Atom Motherboards use SATA II 3Gb/s ports, which allow 300 MB/s bandwidth per port... well enough to handle the SSD.
OK, that's hardware. Is there anything software (OS) related that needs to be done to support full bandwidth of the SATA bus?

Nothing more that what's already done for the current SSD. That's why I do believe it should work