ssd for pata 50 pin interface

[1question3parts]

Hello all at Anandtech forums; I wanted to solicit opinions on benefits of converting my fujitsu p7230 to a ssd for hard drive--it is a pata 50 pin 1.8in made by toshiba and there appear to be some option via runcore and amp on amazon--but wanted to get feed back from the tech crowd first on benefits and options.thanks

 

[VirtualLarry]

I didn't know PATA came in 50-pin varieties. The standard PATA interface on desktops is 40-pin, and 2.5" laptop PATA drives are 44-pin. What are the extra 6 pins for?

 

[razel]

2-3 years ago was the last time I dabbled and struggled with SSDs on PATA interfaces on laptops. All solutions eventually became expensive and that was back then. In your case that 50 pin connector will reduce your options even more. It's simply not worth the trouble or cost. It maybe best to save up for a new one.

However, if you insist, if you can sacrifice your optical drive, you can find SATA to CD-ROM adapters. The other is a CardBus or PCMICA SATA adapter. That option means the SATA SSD lives outside the laptop. Both will be fine if you can change your bootup order or if you are good with boot manager. Check the notebookreview forums. The knowledge found there is endless and it's backed up with experience.

 

[imagoon]

I would suspect even the crummiest performing SSD would romp a 1.8inch drive. The "50pin" spec only requires 44pins to be active. Pins 45-48 are "vendor specific" and 49-50 are not present. They are often used to configure the drive (think the master / slave jumpers right in the cable etc)

I see a few drives on Amazon, I would guess that is your best bet. You are not going to find the new high tech drives in this arena.

 

[1question3parts]

thanks to all who have input