>While not technically the same I have a 2007 IBM laptop which I fitted >an IDE to Sata converter (plugin type) and then fitted a Sata SSD drive. >All fitted into the drive bay. Works perfectly, faster than the old IDE >but not as quick as Sata SSD and I can boot from it.
Hi Tim, As far as I know, at least on mine, the 2007 ThinkPads only had PCI, so you'd struggle running NVMe on there! 😂 To be honest, the hardware is old enough these days that even with the benefits of a direct SATA connection, I expect you'd struggle to reach near modern HDD speeds, let alone SSD speeds. You might be able to do some soldering directly to the serial headers, and I've seen people do it in the past, but it doesn't seem like a simple task if you're unfamiliar with soldering on motherboards. Thanks, Rhys. ________________________________ From: dorset <dorset-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk> on behalf of Tim <t...@windriders.co.uk> Sent: 30 May 2024 16:46:33 To: dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Dorset] Updating technology NvMe memory While not technically the same I have a 2007 IBM laptop which I fitted an IDE to Sata converter (plugin type) and then fitted a Sata SSD drive. All fitted into the drive bay. Works perfectly, faster than the old IDE but not as quick as Sata SSD and I can boot from it. Regards Tim H On 30/05/2024 13:06, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: > Hi Peter, > > You'll likely not be able to boot from NVME on a system that old, and you > probably don't have NVME slots either, but that can be fixed with a PCIE to > NVME adaptor card, if you have a free PCIE slot. > > A while ago back when I had an older computer, I booted it from NVME using > Clover and wrote a blog post about it, let me know if you want a link. > > Hamish > > On 30 May 2024 10:58:55 BST, Peter Merchant <petermerch...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> I see that Elf is selling for £12 and It makes me wonder if my system will >> support these as the manual for my P8Z77-v Motherboard is dated 2012. >> >> <https://www.elf.co.uk/product_details.php?part_code=SSD047&description=256GB_M.2_2280_PCIe_NVMe_SSD_Drive,_Assorted_Makes,_Tested_Pulls&top=&cat_desc=SSD&cat_id=SSD&show_menu=7> >> 256GB M.2 SSD 2280 Drive, PCIe NVMe, Assorted Brands, >> >> Any thoughts on that, or for that price is it worth trying? >> >> Peter >> >> >> >> -- >> Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-06-04 20:00 >> Check to whom you are replying >> Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk >> New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-06-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-06-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
