Craig Falconer wrote:
I'd worry about spending that much on a laptop that's had an issue
already.
Well, it is a 128 GB SSD, rather than the usual 8 or 16 GB. Hence the
higher price. But my recoil-limit is about $100.
Try "mini PCIe SSD"
Here's one still for sale for $100.
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=77&topicid=41073
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Components/Hard-drives/Laptop/auction-267867445.htm
$100 and it didn't sell.
I think this is the device that I am after, rather than a mini PCIe
type. Have to find some internal photographs of the Acer Aspire.
You could hack a USB pen drive internally, but they tend to be quite
slow.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/the-20gb-eee-pc-mod/
Yes, people have done something similar with the Acer Aspire One
Or you could buy something like this
http://www.memoryc.com/storage/solidstatedisk/32gbpatriotliteseriesasuseeepc.html
http://www.memoryc.com/storage/solidstatedisk/16gbsupertalentsataminipciexpresseees101.html
$75 US
First one is discontinued. Second one is out of stock.
What about an SDHC card ? They're cheap and easy to fit.
Two thoughts ocurred to me:
* use a 16 GB SD card in the /home SD card slot (the Acer Aspire has TWO
card slots: one SD-only for /home, the other for your camera card. I
don't know that it can boot off SD card though.
* use a tiny micro-SD to USB adapter, like this one
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25558 . It looks as though the
micro SD card slips into the metal housing an acts as the little plastic
support for the USB contact, leaving only a small lump outside the
casing. Has the same speed issues as the internal USB suggestion, though.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Stephen Irons
Christopher Sawtell wrote, On 02/02/10 15:47:
Try our Jason www.flashcards.co.nz <http://www.flashcards.co.nz> he
is very helpful.
or
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Samsung-1-8-128GB-SSD-MMCQE28G8MUP-Lenovo-41W0518_W0QQitemZ300392014884QQihZ020QQcategoryZ11171QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D1%26ps%3D6
Starting bid is AU $280.00
On 2 February 2010 13:47, Stephen Irons <stephen.ir...@tait.co.nz
<mailto:stephen.ir...@tait.co.nz>> wrote:
After 7 hours in transit at Perth airport, my family was about ready
to give up the ghost; the SSD in my Acer Aspire netbook did.
So I now have a netbook that boots Ubuntu Netbook Remix fine from a
USB flash drive, but refuses to partition the internal SSD. dmesg
gives a string of errors that leads me to believe that the SSD is
completely useless, although the BIOS does recognise the make and
reports the serial number.
I managed to get my personal data off the (EXT3 formatted) SD card
onto another flash drive.
But I am now looking for a replacement, either an SSD or HDD. This
is a 1.8" form factor thing, and price spy is not helping me.
Neither is google.
Can someone recommend a place where I can find a 1.8" SSD or HDD, or
a google search term that it actually useful?
Christopher Sawtell
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