Re: [Dorset] OT (ish) difference between ZIF and LIF connectors
Hello Bryn, take a look at the following link. It even explains the difference(Zero Insertion Force, Low Insertion Force). http://www.codemicro.com/store/product/BP/08K1568/Refurbished On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 11:08 -0400, Bryn Jones wrote: Heyup, OK its OT but i've posted this in various places and got nowhere. So I'll try you lot The HD on my netbook has died a bit of work tells me it's a 1.8 PATA ZIF 5mm 4,800rpm. all cool till you try and buy a replacement out of your limited dole money However I have found 1.8 PATA LIF drives at a reasonable price From what i can tell ZIF and LIF are just different manufacturers terms for the same connector but of course getting proper tech data out of there sales guys is like chinese water torture (slow and gradually drives you nuts) Anyone know?... Bryn (sent from my netbook thats running antiX off a USB stick for now :-) Never tried it before and liking it!) -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
Re: [Dorset] OT (ish) difference between ZIF and LIF connectors
On 30/09/10 16:08, Bryn Jones wrote: Anyone know?... Hi Bryn, I probably know as much as you now, which is that we are discussing Zero Insertion Force and Low Insertion Force devices, where ZIFs have a clamping mechanism to secure a good, accurate connection with the cable and LIFs gently push into to a slot. It /looks/ like the cable is essentially the same regardless of which type you have, although at this point I'd add I'm no expert and that conclusion was arrived at by scanning posts on various forums. Perhaps another way to approach this is to ask which netbook we are discussing? (with a view to seeking out compatible LIF drives for it) Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
Re: [Dorset] OT (ish) difference between ZIF and LIF connectors
For anyone that cares!! I got chatting to a dude on EBay that was flogging a cool Compact Flash to ZIF adaptor card So It will be Adapter card + 16GB CF for OS and offloading the swap onto a 2GB SD card Probably :) On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Bryn Jones bryn.jon...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Sean, It's a compaq 702EA of course because it's just out of warranty the lovely folk at HP wont talk to me unless i pay em 15 quid and it appears theyre not that common!. Cheers Bryn (doing 100 things at once!!!) On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.ukwrote: On 30/09/10 16:08, Bryn Jones wrote: Anyone know?... Hi Bryn, I probably know as much as you now, which is that we are discussing Zero Insertion Force and Low Insertion Force devices, where ZIFs have a clamping mechanism to secure a good, accurate connection with the cable and LIFs gently push into to a slot. It /looks/ like the cable is essentially the same regardless of which type you have, although at this point I'd add I'm no expert and that conclusion was arrived at by scanning posts on various forums. Perhaps another way to approach this is to ask which netbook we are discussing? (with a view to seeking out compatible LIF drives for it) Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
