On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:16:58 +0200 Henning Brauer <lists-open...@bsws.de> wrote:
> * Aaron Mason <simplersolut...@gmail.com> [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? Like the Solidata M2 1,8" ? The M1 variant uses SLC chips. 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. - Robert
