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#347120 - 26/08/2011 19:23 2.5 ide to Sata SSD
SpeedBump
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has any body tried converting the IDE in the Empeg to a Sata? so you can run a SSD hard drive in it?

as this will fix the problem of hard drives going bad because of vibration.

Stephen
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#347144 - 28/08/2011 13:47 Re: 2.5 ide to Sata SSD [Re: SpeedBump]
Roger
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Originally Posted By: SpeedBump
has any body tried converting the IDE in the Empeg to a Sata? so you can run a SSD hard drive in it?


You can still get PATA SSD drives. For example. I recently put one of the Transcend ones in my mk2a.
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#347601 - 27/09/2011 18:19 Re: 2.5 ide to Sata SSD [Re: Roger]
toolman
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Registered: 10/10/2001
Posts: 105
Loc: Wellington NZ
I am also interested in this question; I am considering something like this:

http://www.addonics.com/products/io/adsaide44.asp

as SATA discs are much cheaper, and PATA is not going to get easier to find in the future. Plus I want to go to SSD, and again, the SATA variants are significantly cheaper.

I'm thinking I can fit this by mounting only a single disc sideways on the HDD tray.
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#347612 - 28/09/2011 01:34 Re: 2.5 ide to Sata SSD [Re: toolman]
gbeer
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http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/ad44midecf.asp

These have been discussed before. Cheaper than an SSD. Errr no they aren't, lots of ssd's are cheaper than cf+adapter
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#351241 - 02/04/2012 06:01 Re: 2.5 ide to Sata SSD [Re: toolman]
ghostwheel
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Registered: 18/07/2001
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Loc: Koblenz, Germany
Hi,

Transcend is manufacturing PATA-SSDs now:
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B001NS2SP8

I don't know if the SSDs will work in the empeg...

Alex

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#351244 - 02/04/2012 11:18 Re: 2.5 ide to Sata SSD [Re: ghostwheel]
Roger
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Originally Posted By: ghostwheel
Transcend is manufacturing PATA-SSDs now ... I don't know if the SSDs will work in the empeg...


They have been for a while -- see (at least) my post from August 2011 in this thread. They work fine in the empeg.


Edited by Roger (02/04/2012 11:18)
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#351245 - 02/04/2012 11:20 Re: 2.5 ide to Sata SSD [Re: ghostwheel]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
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Loc: Canada
Originally Posted By: ghostwheel
Hi,

Transcend is manufacturing PATA-SSDs now:
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B001NS2SP8

I don't know if the SSDs will work in the empeg...

Alex


CF-Cards + adapters beat those on price and very likely equal them on performance inside an empeg.

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#351255 - 02/04/2012 19:28 Re: 2.5 ide to Sata SSD [Re: Roger]
ghostwheel
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Registered: 18/07/2001
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Loc: Koblenz, Germany
Originally Posted By: Roger
They have been for a while -- see (at least) my post from August 211 in this thread. They work fine in the empeg.

Whoops, my mistake - I thought they were all new, but its only a new model (psd320).

Alex

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#351427 - 09/04/2012 14:14 Re: 2.5 ide to Sata SSD [Re: ghostwheel]
Daria
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Registered: 24/01/2002
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Loc: Providence, RI
my 320gb pata drive in my main empeg has been throwing occasional block errors and so i'm at least thinking about this now; assuming i need at least 240gb, what's going to win on a price standpoint these days? probably actually just keep buying 320gb laptop drives at $99/pop
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Cache-Notebook/dp/B001SQH1DY
until either SSD or CF prices drop?

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