On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:13:51 -0700 Bryan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
Yeah, got told offlist that by removing the drivecage there is enough space behind the flap. > > > > > 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. > If the x40 had Sata there wont be anything to talk about. :) > 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/ I went the CF route some years back (1,8"drive with smaller and reversed ide on the short side: whatever that connector was called), but a cheap hongkong adapter worked nicely aswell. The only alternative would have been used Ipod 1gen harddrives, yuk. Today there are some faster CF cards around that might be fast and big enough to use in a main system to compile lots of code, but they cost even more than an even faster SSD. At some point that route doesn't make sense anymore. - Robert
