Comments on: Replacing the SSD with a 1.8″ PATA Drive http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/2009/01/20/replacing-the-ssd-with-a-18-pata-drive/ Welcome to the AAO Netbook Sun, 20 May 2012 03:34:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: SSD http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/2009/01/20/replacing-the-ssd-with-a-18-pata-drive/#comment-417 SSD Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:12:07 +0000 http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/?p=28#comment-417 Fantastic site. A lot of helpful information here. I'm sending it to several pals ans also sharing in delicious. And obviously, thanks to your sweat! Fantastic site. A lot of helpful information here. I’m sending it to several pals ans also sharing in delicious. And obviously, thanks to your sweat!

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]]> By: ashley http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/2009/01/20/replacing-the-ssd-with-a-18-pata-drive/#comment-314 ashley Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:45:43 +0000 http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/?p=28#comment-314 i have just won one of these on ebay for £85, it only had a few seconds left and i didnt read the spec properly, i will be trying to upgrade the ram and drive, i justed wanted to comment on the above issue's with the thickness of the wire and i read a person on youtube who done it said you will have to sand the cable down. hope that hekps i have just won one of these on ebay for £85, it only had a few seconds left and i didnt read the spec properly, i will be trying to upgrade the ram and drive, i justed wanted to comment on the above issue’s with the thickness of the wire and i read a person on youtube who done it said you will have to sand the cable down.

hope that hekps

]]> By: Alfred E Newman http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/2009/01/20/replacing-the-ssd-with-a-18-pata-drive/#comment-284 Alfred E Newman Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:45:09 +0000 http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/?p=28#comment-284 Greetings All Bert's info that only 1mm of the zif cable need be inserted into the hdd's "socket" is interesting. I have one of those 30Gb Asus ext hdds which uses a 1.8 hdd which I tried to use in the Acer but couldn't fit its ribbon cable into the hdd. I found exactly the same problem when reassembling the hdd into the case little or "no" cable went into the socket. However when used the hdd worked ok as a ext. hdd. So bert is right about the 1mm. I will be trying to put the hdd into the Acer again and report back Greetings All
Bert’s info that only 1mm of the zif cable need be inserted into the hdd’s “socket” is interesting. I have one of those 30Gb Asus ext hdds which uses a 1.8 hdd which I tried to use in the Acer but couldn’t fit its ribbon cable into the hdd. I found exactly the same problem when reassembling the hdd into the case little or “no” cable went into the socket. However when used the hdd worked ok as a ext. hdd. So bert is right about the 1mm. I will be trying to put the hdd into the Acer again and report back

]]> By: Bert Coules http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/2009/01/20/replacing-the-ssd-with-a-18-pata-drive/#comment-282 Bert Coules Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:56:45 +0000 http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/?p=28#comment-282 It turns out that I wasn't doing anything wrong: the Toshiba ZIF connector is only supposed to accept 1mm or so of the ribbon cable. Though it doesn't seem as though the cable is making proper contact, it is. This might help anyone else in the same position as me. Having said that, my newly-installed HDD isn't being recognised by the Acer's BIOS. I suspect that the drive itself might be faulty. It turns out that I wasn’t doing anything wrong: the Toshiba ZIF connector is only supposed to accept 1mm or so of the ribbon cable. Though it doesn’t seem as though the cable is making proper contact, it is.

This might help anyone else in the same position as me.

Having said that, my newly-installed HDD isn’t being recognised by the Acer’s BIOS. I suspect that the drive itself might be faulty.

]]> By: Bert Coules http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/2009/01/20/replacing-the-ssd-with-a-18-pata-drive/#comment-281 Bert Coules Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:34:08 +0000 http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/?p=28#comment-281 I want to replace the SSD card with a hard drive, as detailed in Tank Girl's video guides. I have a Toshiba 30GB 1.8" HDD but I simply cannot get a cable into its ZIF connector. Tank Girl says that she reused the cable from the Acer, but I grew very wary of the amount of force I was using to try to get it into the slot. So I bought a blue-white ZIF cable (the white end being thinner) but even that refuses to fit. Is it really just a case of using a terrific amount of force? There's another online guide at http://www.digitalintelligence.com/support/zif_hard_drive_enclosure/ (not about the Acer but using a Toshiba HDD) and that shows a blue-ended cable. So what am I doing wrong? Under a magnifying lens I can't see any damage to the drive's connector (and I have the black locking bar in the open position). Any help would be very welcome. I want to replace the SSD card with a hard drive, as detailed in Tank Girl’s video guides. I have a Toshiba 30GB 1.8″ HDD but I simply cannot get a cable into its ZIF connector. Tank Girl says that she reused the cable from the Acer, but I grew very wary of the amount of force I was using to try to get it into the slot. So I bought a blue-white ZIF cable (the white end being thinner) but even that refuses to fit.

Is it really just a case of using a terrific amount of force?

There’s another online guide at http://www.digitalintelligence.com/support/zif_hard_drive_enclosure/ (not about the Acer but using a Toshiba HDD) and that shows a blue-ended cable. So what am I doing wrong? Under a magnifying lens I can’t see any damage to the drive’s connector (and I have the black locking bar in the open position).

Any help would be very welcome.

]]> By: Alfred E Newman http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/2009/01/20/replacing-the-ssd-with-a-18-pata-drive/#comment-279 Alfred E Newman Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:53:59 +0000 http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/?p=28#comment-279 Greetings All I have an Aspire zg5/aoa 110 and want get rid of the ssd and replace with a seagate Lyrion 1.8 20Gb hdd. All went well except the zif cable thickness . The Lyrion has a slot that the cable should go into whilst the ssd and the mobo have connectors that can be "opened" and the cable placed in and then closed. Do any 1.8 hdds have the same mechanism. If so then the thickness of the cable is not so important.. The lyrion hdd uses vw1 cable as does the ssd but no fit. Once more a standard that isn't. Greetings All
I have an Aspire zg5/aoa 110 and want get rid of the ssd and replace with a seagate Lyrion 1.8 20Gb hdd. All went well except the zif cable thickness . The Lyrion has a slot that the cable should go into whilst the ssd and the mobo have connectors that can be “opened” and the cable placed in and then closed. Do any 1.8 hdds have the same mechanism. If so then the thickness of the cable is not so important..
The lyrion hdd uses vw1 cable as does the ssd but no fit. Once more a standard that isn’t.

]]> By: mark obrien http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/2009/01/20/replacing-the-ssd-with-a-18-pata-drive/#comment-277 mark obrien Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:42:53 +0000 http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/?p=28#comment-277 Oops. I was trying to say I hope that the "mobo" is identical... not "mono"... d'oh! Oops. I was trying to say I hope that the “mobo” is identical… not “mono”… d’oh!

]]> By: mark obrien http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/2009/01/20/replacing-the-ssd-with-a-18-pata-drive/#comment-276 mark obrien Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:40:48 +0000 http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/?p=28#comment-276 Hi. I have an aspire one that came with a 120 gb hdd. Unfortunately I was a dope and broke the zif connectors for the keyboard and touchpad. I know... genius..... anyways, I was wondering if I bought one of the aspire one versions with the ssd drive, could I simply "transplant" my hdd into the ssd machine? From what I've heard it will physically fit into the case, but is the cabling compatible? I'm hoping the mono is pretty much identical, including HD connectors, but I'm not sure. Any advice would be appreciated... thanks! Mark Hi. I have an aspire one that came with a 120 gb hdd. Unfortunately I was a dope and broke the zif connectors for the keyboard and touchpad. I know… genius….. anyways, I was wondering if I bought one of the aspire one versions with the ssd drive, could I simply “transplant” my hdd into the ssd machine? From what I’ve heard it will physically fit into the case, but is the cabling compatible? I’m hoping the mono is pretty much identical, including HD connectors, but I’m not sure. Any advice would be appreciated… thanks!

Mark

]]> By: james braselton http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/2009/01/20/replacing-the-ssd-with-a-18-pata-drive/#comment-194 james braselton Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:59:57 +0000 http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/?p=28#comment-194 HI THERE I WOULD HAVE GONE WITH A DIGITAL WESTERN 10,000 VOLOCI-RAPTOR OR SEAGATE 15,000 RPM CHEETA HARD DRIVES OR GONE WITH A 1.8 INCH 128 GB SSD HI THERE I WOULD HAVE GONE WITH A DIGITAL WESTERN 10,000 VOLOCI-RAPTOR OR SEAGATE 15,000 RPM CHEETA HARD DRIVES OR GONE WITH A 1.8 INCH 128 GB SSD

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