EeePC 901 SSD adapter

[mms9k47bsdh]

I am trying to find something similar to this: "RunCore 70mm / 50mm PATA SATA / PATA Combo Mini PCI-E USB External Enclosure"
They don't make it anymore but after a week searching I can't find any product with the same characteristics because the sellers don't explain this clearly
I acquire an EeePC 901 and took the 8GB SSD drive (IDE/PATA)
any help would be very helpful thanks

 

[boosted1g]

Ok, the description of the device is completely wrong and that seems to be the source of the confusion.

The enclosure you are looking at is for an mSATA drive and the connection is referred to as mini-pcie.

PATA/IDE is the ribbon cable interface hard drives used to use almost a decade ago and has not been built into a motherboard for nearly 5 years now.

To best answer your question about what you need, I need to know what you are wanting to do. IN this case what device are you wanting to hook up to what device and for what purpose.

 

[mms9k47bsdh]

Ok, the description of the device is completely wrong and that seems to be the source of the confusion.

The enclosure you are looking at is for an mSATA drive and the connection is referred to as mini-pcie.

PATA/IDE is the ribbon cable interface hard drives used to use almost a decade ago and has not been built into a motherboard for nearly 5 years now.

To best answer your question about what you need, I need to know what you are wanting to do. IN this case what device are you wanting to hook up to what device and for what purpose.

 

[mms9k47bsdh]

thank you for taking the time to reply. the EeePC 901 I have doesn't use an mSATA drive.
It is the IDE/PATA SSD. If you have the time please look at this lino on ebay selling an 8GB SSD
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-8GB-SSD-Laptop-Hard-Drive-08G2010AG20F-/380890815235?pt=US_Internal_Hard_Disk_Drives&hash=item58aedc9b03

 

[boosted1g]

That is not an IDE/PATA drive, that connection is mSATA/mini pci-e.

IDE/PATA has not been used is years.

You have yet to tell me what it is you are trying to do with this drive? Are you wanting this to be an external storage drive, an external drive for OS, an internal drive for OS???

As an external drive, there are many uses that this will not be usefull for.
Using an external drive for a cache drive or for an OS drive wont work very well, not to mention 8gb is fine for a Linux install but not near enough for windows (yes it is enough for windows xp, but xp does not support trim for ssd drives).

 

[mms9k47bsdh]

That is not an IDE/PATA drive, that connection is mSATA/mini pci-e.

IDE/PATA has not been used is years.

You have yet to tell me what it is you are trying to do with this drive? Are you wanting this to be an external storage drive, an external drive for OS, an internal drive for OS???

As an external drive, there are many uses that this will not be usefull for.
Using an external drive for a cache drive or for an OS drive wont work very well, not to mention 8gb is fine for a Linux install but not near enough for windows (yes it is enough for windows xp, but xp does not support trim for ssd drives).

 

[mms9k47bsdh]

Hi, thank you for the follow up. This EeePC came with 2 SSD drives. One under the mobo 4GB and the 8GB easy to remove from the back cover next to the memory. I bought a Super Talent 32GB Mini 2PCI-E SATA2 Solid State Drive (MLC) for Asus Eee PC FPM32GLSE and so i still want to use the 8GB in external case.
I hope this clarify my request.
P.S . There is a later EeePC 901 model that uses mSATA drives.

 

[mms9k47bsdh]

That is not an IDE/PATA drive, that connection is mSATA/mini pci-e.

IDE/PATA has not been used is years.

You have yet to tell me what it is you are trying to do with this drive? Are you wanting this to be an external storage drive, an external drive for OS, an internal drive for OS???

As an external drive, there are many uses that this will not be usefull for.
Using an external drive for a cache drive or for an OS drive wont work very well, not to mention 8gb is fine for a Linux install but not near enough for windows (yes it is enough for windows xp, but xp does not support trim for ssd drives).

 

[mms9k47bsdh]

Hi, if you look at the specs of this RCMPCIE-CPS you will see that this is the enclosure/type i am looking for

 

[boosted1g]

Ok, so you just want to utilize this card as an additional storage.

This should work: http://www.amazon.com/Emgreat-Portable-Adapter-Enclosure-External/dp/B00NHI27BM/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1417545588&sr=8-15&keywords=usb+mini+pcie

Or you could use this to be able to plug it into a sata port on desktop motherboard:
http://www.amazon.com/mSATA-PCI-E-Drive-Adapter-Converter/dp/B00L3ZOK9S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417545935&sr=8-1&keywords=70+mm+Mini+PCI-e+SATA

 

[mms9k47bsdh]

Ok, so you just want to utilize this card as an additional storage.

This should work: http://www.amazon.com/Emgreat-Portable-Adapter-Enclosure-External/dp/B00NHI27BM/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1417545588&sr=8-15&keywords=usb+mini+pcie

Or you could use this to be able to plug it into a sata port on desktop motherboard:
http://www.amazon.com/mSATA-PCI-E-Drive-Adapter-Converter/dp/B00L3ZOK9S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417545935&sr=8-1&keywords=70+mm+Mini+PCI-e+SATA

 

[mms9k47bsdh]

thank you for taking the time but the 2 links show these units for an mSATA. I have already bought 2 from EBAY that advertised them for my SSD drive but are for an mSATA SSD.

 

[boosted1g]

Ok, after some reading it appears that the specific drive for the asus eee pc and a select few other netbooks use this offbeat mixture of both the sata and pata bus through its minipci-e slot.

For that netbook you need very specific hardware for the ssd drive otherwise it wont work. That super talent ssd drive you got was specially made for that Eee PC.
That Roncore enclouser looks to be the only kind that will work with your specific drive. Which is why all the ebay ones did not work.

 

[mms9k47bsdh]

Ok, after some reading it appears that the specific drive for the asus eee pc and a select few other netbooks use this offbeat mixture of both the sata and pata bus through its minipci-e slot.

For that netbook you need very specific hardware for the ssd drive otherwise it wont work. That super talent ssd drive you got was specially made for that Eee PC.
That Roncore enclouser looks to be the only kind that will work with your specific drive. Which is why all the ebay ones did not work.

 

[mms9k47bsdh]

Yeah I am still looking all over but no luck yet.
So far I saw this KingSpec Mobile Disk 2.5" PATA/IDE SSD Enclosure w/USB cable and carry case - KMB-PA25.1 but I am not sure because the pics/description are not clear to me.

This the link i you want to take a look:
http://www.rakuten.com/prod/kingspec-mobile-disk-2-5-pata-ide-ssd-enclosure-w-usb-cable-and-carry/228314465.html?listingId=201497964&sclid=pla_google_MemoryC&adid=29963&gclid=COj7sLrlp8ICFfPm7Aodp2kAtw

 

[boosted1g]

While it sounds like it might work, I cant find any definitive proof that it will work, nor can I find any of those runcore enclosures. Everything is out of stock. You might might have luck trying to obtain it by calling the manufacturer.

Unfortunately when you take something that is several years out of date and want to upgrade a non-standardized part, it can be very very difficult to find parts.

 

[mms9k47bsdh]

While it sounds like it might work, I cant find any definitive proof that it will work, nor can I find any of those runcore enclosures. Everything is out of stock. You might might have luck trying to obtain it by calling the manufacturer.

Unfortunately when you take something that is several years out of date and want to upgrade a non-standardized part, it can be very very difficult to find parts.

 

[mms9k47bsdh]

I tried to get to the manufacture which is in China but I have sent a message to the people that are selling this unit. I am waiting for an answer in the meantime I am still trying to find soemthing that will work. Unfortunately I got the EeePC about 4/5 months ago i guess a bit too late for me to get an enclosure.
thank you for all the answers.