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? 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
