Last month I began a computer up-grade process at home and work by using solid
state drives (SSD) in both laptop and desktop systems. The upgrades have been
very successful providing a significant performance increase and extended
battery life.
The last upgrade was my ham shack desktop system that I rebuilt with a new copy
of Windows 7. All seemed well until I turned the rig on and heard garbage
and multiple birdies across the lower 50 khz on 160.
I was distracted for a week trying to recover a lost disk but I put the SSD in
place again yesterday. This time I wrapped the SSD in aluminium foil and put 2
clamp on cores on the SATA cable. I fired up my system, and the extra measures
had no noticeable improvement on the birdie situation. The
birdies appear as soon as I power up the drive.
I doubt if I will be able to remove the noise so this is a warning to those
who may consider the same upgrade to their hamshack computer. My computer with
the old fashion Hitachi hard drive contributes zero noise to my receiving
capability on any band so SSD's are not in my future!
Greg
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Greg Chartrand - W7MY
Richland, WA.
DN-06IF
W7MY Home Page:
http://webpages.charter.net/w7my/
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