On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:57, Claudio Jeker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 05:21:17PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote: >> * Robert <[email protected]> [2009-09-17 16:34]: >> > On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:16:58 +0200 >> > Henning Brauer <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > * Aaron Mason <[email protected]> [2009-09-17 03:52]: >> > > > Would these drives by any chance be similar to the 1.8" ZIF drives >> > > > used in (*shudder*) 5th gen iPods? B I have one from my iPod that >> > > > died a horrible death and it still runs fine. >> > > > >> > > > The drive's a 30 gigabyte Toshiba drive, and after the iPod it was >> > > > used on a PATA to 1.8" ZIF converter and used on a PC running >> > > > OpenBSD. If this suits your needs, I'm happy to donate it if you >> > > > can cover postage from Australia. >> > > >> > > x40 do not use 1.8" zif drives but 1.8" drives with the regular 2.5" >> > > pata interface. which is exactly the issue - nothing else does. >> > > >> > >> > 44 pin on the longer side of the drive? >> >> yes. >> >> > Like the Solidata M2 1,8" ? The M1 variant uses SLC chips. >> >> dunno :) my two X40s have working disks, but I am out of spares so >> this will become a problem soon >> > > I have my old disks in case of emergency. > >> > There are adapters on ebay for connecting 1,8" ZIF dirves to 44-pin IDE. >> > But I'd guess that the adapter and the drive won't fit the bay of the >> > x40. >> >> no way, no. >> > > There are ZIF to 44 IDE adapters that fit. I have one of them in my X40. > You need to more or less disensemble the complete X40 to insert them but > this gives you a chance at cleaning it up a bit :) > > -- > :wq Claudio > > Addonics has a SATA to CF connector that I use in my dell laptop. It's great to turn on my laptop with 16GB of CF in there and enjoy a silent box. The fan doesn't even run. The only time is when I'm building java and it heats up a little.
They even have a 4CF pci card system. I bought a 2 CF-SATA for a cheap SSD, but I got a bad CF card and lost some data. The best thing is, OpenBSD runs excellently on it. http://www.addonics.com/products/cf_adapter/
