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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1071033" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>Long-overdue update: traced the issue to a loose "something or other" after the m/c "responded" to a "good thump" and then did boot! Happened several times over a few days.</p><p></p><p>Finally fixed the problem last week when I took it apart to clean & reseat both SODIMMS, and installed a 120GB SSD. </p><p></p><p>The SSD has to be a very "funny one" though because. whilst the existing HDD uses a normal SATA connection, there is a 2nd - but totally dissimilar and with a much smaller connector - space for a second solid state drive - it looks like this <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123568904503" target="_blank">3.5mm Mini mSATA SATA 6.0 Gbps Internal Solid State Drive SSD PC Laptops Desktop | eBay</a> !</p><p></p><p>Was a bit dubious if it would actually work, but, having installed it, I managed to clone the C:\ partition of the existing 500GB HDD to it using Macrium Reflect Free, and Windows "Intelligent Boot" then automatically reassigned that to be the Boot drive - with the old C:\ partitition assigned a new drive letter (H:\ as the HDD already had D:\, E:\, F:\ & G:\ partitions) - and it all works pretty well <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1071033, member: 176704"] Long-overdue update: traced the issue to a loose "something or other" after the m/c "responded" to a "good thump" and then did boot! Happened several times over a few days. Finally fixed the problem last week when I took it apart to clean & reseat both SODIMMS, and installed a 120GB SSD. The SSD has to be a very "funny one" though because. whilst the existing HDD uses a normal SATA connection, there is a 2nd - but totally dissimilar and with a much smaller connector - space for a second solid state drive - it looks like this [URL="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123568904503"]3.5mm Mini mSATA SATA 6.0 Gbps Internal Solid State Drive SSD PC Laptops Desktop | eBay[/URL] ! Was a bit dubious if it would actually work, but, having installed it, I managed to clone the C:\ partition of the existing 500GB HDD to it using Macrium Reflect Free, and Windows "Intelligent Boot" then automatically reassigned that to be the Boot drive - with the old C:\ partitition assigned a new drive letter (H:\ as the HDD already had D:\, E:\, F:\ & G:\ partitions) - and it all works pretty well :D [/QUOTE]
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