SSD, Here we go... (Page 2) — AVIC411 Forum Archive

Posted Oct 16, 2009 · 00:43 UTC#26

So far, so good. No mystery reboots or anything. I think we have a winner.

No comments so far huh? I'm surprised. This seems like a perfect solution for aging AVICs.

I've been reading your posts with great interest but you are very thorough with the information so I haven't felt the need to make comments/ask questions.

I also think there's not a lot of interest due to the Z110BT being out now. Most people are dropping their Zx's for that.

Posted Oct 19, 2009 · 22:30 UTC#27

that is the ultimate question, do i dump a couple hundred into my 2 year old z2, and end up with less than stellar iphone support, (even my scoshe adapter stopped chargin the darn phone) or do i move on to newer tech.... which of course will be quite a bit more money....dilemas.... just for shits n giggles what am i lookin at for a ssd with the latest maps, z3 image etc ready to drop into my old z2? and does anyone give me a couple pennies back if i send them my old z2 drive?

Posted Oct 19, 2009 · 23:28 UTC#28

What I'm doing concerning the Z110BT is waiting. There's two benefits to this: 1) The longer I wait, the cheaper it gets. 2) The longer I wait, the more bugs/kinks are discovered and possibly fixed. If they aren't fixed at least I will know about them and have an accurate expectation of the unit should I decide to buy it.

Posted Oct 23, 2009 · 19:59 UTC#29

You can order the drive with the special firmware from Transcend directly. Exact details on how to do that I have to find out from my contact at Transcend, but be warned they aren't cheap. I think the 32GB version is $219.00 and the 64GB version is $330.00

-Ed

Any news on how we can order the drive from Transcend?

Posted Oct 30, 2009 · 19:46 UTC#30

You can order the drive with the special firmware from Transcend directly. Exact details on how to do that I have to find out from my contact at Transcend, but be warned they aren't cheap. I think the 32GB version is $219.00 and the 64GB version is $330.00

-Ed

Any news on how we can order the drive from Transcend?

You need to open an RMA to have the special firmware loaded on the drive. I have a contact there who knows how to do this. Email me and I'll get you the contact info. Also, be advised that buyuing directly through Transcend is expensive. If a couple of folks want to save some $$$, I could be happy to do a "group buy" through one of my distributors, get the special firmware loaded on them and shipped out to the group members. There is no charge for this. Just my way to give back to the community. Lemme know if interested.

Posted Jan 28, 2010 · 00:49 UTC#31

U still doing a group buy?

Thanks

Posted Feb 08, 2010 · 02:12 UTC#32

Yup.. only need a total of 3 people.

Posted Feb 16, 2010 · 19:03 UTC#33

how much I may be interested

Posted Feb 20, 2010 · 15:30 UTC#34

I might be interested...How much and what will we get?

Posted Mar 03, 2010 · 17:50 UTC#35

I may be interested, I just purchased a car with a Z3..... currently trying to read through posts to catch up on feature/functionality.

Posted Mar 26, 2010 · 19:57 UTC#36

Im considering giving it a try. These drives go for about $150-180 on ebay.

Posted Feb 24, 2011 · 17:29 UTC#37

I'm going to be trying this with a SuperTalent 64GB IDE SSD next week. I'll post the results when I'm done. I'm curiuos to see if it'll work without much hassle or if I'll get the 15 minute reboot issue :mrgreen:

Posted Mar 10, 2011 · 22:51 UTC#38

Has the SSD idea been resurected? Is there one that works?

Posted Mar 22, 2011 · 21:33 UTC#39

I found something interesting today on ebay. There is a 32GB KingSpec 2.5" PATA/IDE SSD Solid State Disk on ebay. The note that caught my eye was that Device Manager shows it as a MK6008GAH which is a Toshiba part. If you google that part your will find the link that takes you to a web site http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/1.8-inchHardDiskDrives/MK6008GAH. It looks like they are using the controller form this drive and pairing it up with NAND memory in-place of a spinning disk. I am working on ordering one to give it a test run. The ebay link is http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260537104584&ssPageName=STRK:MEBOFFX:IT if anyone else wants to give it a go as well.

Scott

Posted Mar 22, 2011 · 23:30 UTC#40

I found something interesting today on ebay. There is a 32GB KingSpec 2.5" PATA/IDE SSD Solid State Disk on ebay. The note that caught my eye was that Device Manager shows it as a MK6008GAH which is a Toshiba part. If you google that part your will find the link that takes you to a web site http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/1.8-inchHardDiskDrives/MK6008GAH. It looks like they are using the controller form this drive and pairing it up with NAND memory in-place of a spinning disk. I am working on ordering one to give it a test run. The ebay link is http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260537104584&ssPageName=STRK:MEBOFFX:IT if anyone else wants to give it a go as well.

Scott

I think you misread the ebay ad... The ad is telling to you check device manager to confirm it will work. e.g. = "for example"... The ad does not state that device manager shows it as a MK6008GAH. The MK6008GAH was a 1.8" mini hard drive.

FROM THE EBAY AD:

Confirm before buy

The model of the device. (e.g. SONY VIAO VGN-P11Z)

The model of original hard disk driver(HDD). (e.g. MK6008GAH)

Question: How to check the model of HDD?

Answer: Check it in the "Device Manager" of Windows.

Edited Mar 22, 2011 by garrettoomey

Posted Apr 24, 2011 · 23:38 UTC#41

Any news on the eBay SSD drive?

Posted Jun 26, 2011 · 02:58 UTC#42

Anybody has anything on this?

Posted Jan 23, 2014 · 15:42 UTC#43

Any news?

Posted Jan 23, 2014 · 21:07 UTC#44

Nothing successful.

Posted Sep 22, 2014 · 20:30 UTC#45

Anyone tried an SDXC or MicroSDXC card in an SDXC-to-IDE adapter?