Hello friends,
I recently acquired a LeCroy WaveRunner 6100. It is my first GUI scope and I am really loving it. Mine has great options and -VL memory size. The one thing is the UI is a kinda "sluggish." I've been reading everything I can on these forums (especially this thread in particular) about upgrading.
Here are the options I have
Very Large memory option (12 Mpts/channel, 24 Mpts using 2 channels)
Disk Drive Measurement Package WR6-DDM2
Digital Filter Package WR6-DFP2
Ethernet Test Package (WaveRunner 6100 and 6200 only1) WR6-ENET
Master Analysis Package (XMATH + XDEV + JTA2) WR6-XMAP
Advanced Math Package WR6-XMATH
Developer’s Customization Kit WR6-XDEV
Jitter and Timing Analysis WR6-JTA2
USB 2.0 Compliance Software WR6-USB2
PowerMeasure Analysis WR6-PMA2
I don't plan to do a major motherboard replacement as several people have done successfully here, I just want to max out whatever I can max out. I am totally inexperienced when it comes to upgrading PC stuff. I couldn't tell a PCIe from a LVDS. So I was hoping I could get some validation of my approach here.
My 6100 has the following:
1.7 GHz Celeron CPU
The Windows 2000 reports 512MB RAM. But the STATUS screen shows 256MB (why is that?)
It has a standard IDE 36 GB drive PM-Maxtor 6E040L0 (Ultra DMA Mode ATA/100)
My plan is to upgrade the CPU, the RAM and replace the IDE hard drive with a PATA SSD drive.
Here is some system summary info.
Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Version 5.0.2195 Service Pack 4 Build 2195
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name LCRY0602P10523
System Manufacturer LeCroy Corporation
System Model X-Stream DSO
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel ~1699 Mhz
BIOS Version BIOS Date: 07/14/03 11:28:48 Ver: 08.00.08
Windows Directory C:\WINNT
System Directory C:\WINNT\system32
Boot Device \Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Locale United States
User Name LCRY0602P10523\LeCroyUser
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 522,032 KB
Available Physical Memory 375,504 KB
Total Virtual Memory 1,798,056 KB
Available Virtual Memory 1,525,288 KB
Page File Space 1,276,024 KB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Here is the designation for my motherboard:
Picture of the RAM in my scope (and yes, I've cleaned it up since this picture):
I then found the documentation to my motherboard:
Intel® Desktop Board D845GERG2
https://downloadmirror.intel.com/15324/eng/D845GERG2_D845GEBV2_ProductGuide_English.pdfOn page 11 and 12 it talks about what this motherboard can support. It looks like I can upgrade to two 1GB memory sticks as long as they are DDR style. It also indicates that I can upgrade to a Pentium 4 with 2.8 GHz, 533 FSB and 512 KB L2 cache. It also mentions to use DDR333 with a Pentium 4 and a 533 FSB. So considering I plan to upgrade the CPU I might as well also get the DDR333 over the DDR266.
I would be grateful if I could get some validation on my choices of upgrades. These are the items I am thinking of acquiring.
CPU
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001OTL3W/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AL1R147NEYJ60RAM
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003CH8NXY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1C0E2G2LZFK00As for the hard drive, I read some posts from "Joesmith" that refer to the Transcend SSD.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AQT2LL6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ANNSJU9W28Y9JI also plan to move over to winXP SP3 and as I have read here, to install x-stream for the WR6K(A) and then x-stream for WavePro7K(A). This is supposed to get the best set of software features. I just pray that I don't lose my software options if I do this! I have a lot of nice options.
Based on the motherboard documentation, my question is have I selected the right components? Is there something I should watch out for or should I expect the CPU and RAM upgrade straightforward? I know the SSD is a little more involved with cloning and maintaining the calibration data. I'll have to be careful with that.
Any or all advice/warnings welcome.
Thanks
Eugene W2HX