[SOLVED] raw 40pin connector to SATA for ssd

[Iceo]

I have an old sony vaio that ran Windows Vista and it had a 40pin connection to the ssd. Is there any way to convert that to sata?

 

[TerryLaze]

Can you take a photo of the connector and show it here?
40pin is normally for laptop 2.5" IDE drives.
There are connectors to turn this into sata but it's going to be hard to find one that will still fit into the trapdoor.
Do you still have the original disk?It could be that it has the connector on it and it could also be that the connector can be removed to be used again.

 

[fzabkar]

40-pin is used by 3.5" desktop drives with IDE interfaces. Laptops have 44-pin IDE interfaces.

 

[mdd1963]

Is the goal to install a SATA drive in the laptop and use it , or merely recover data from the drive? (For the latter scenario, I'm reasonably sure there is likely some sort of USB adapter/external docking station that accepts a few IDE form factors...; the first of the two scenarios is a 'no'.

 

[Iceo]

As a matter of fact I do. https://www.dropbox.com/s/h58esbew0gd3h8q/F21469C8-ED18-4E85-952E-C0A1AD7C32C5.jpeg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/78dzp49iz4vs6x3/A793BCC3-F223-4A84-BF2F-B54AA1DF7413.jpeg?dl=0

 

[Iceo]

I simply want to recover data from the drive.

 

[USAFRet]

A cable such as this:
https://www.amazon.com/SATA-Adapter-Converter-Cable-Drive/dp/B01HO07GNW

 

[mdd1963]

https://www.amazon.com/Data-Go-BT30...tecc+USB+to+IDE+adapter&qid=1588976649&sr=8-4

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT45bSa6q6A

 

[Iceo]

Just keep in mind the drive came from a device thats like this. Not mine but similar

 

[fzabkar]

Google identifies the interface as PATA ZIF:

"MCBQE48GKMPQ-M1A Samsung 48GB SLC ATA-66 (PATA ZIF) Slim 1.8-inch Internal SSSD"

I'm guessing this SSD has a similar pinout (page 9):
http://www.wintecind.com/oem/datasheets/wintecssd-wxzfxxxg1tc-e22xx_v1_0.pdf

… and another one (page 8):
http://shop.maxxxware.de/external/datasheets_public/renice/renice_x5_1.8_zif.pdf

… and one more (pages 4 & 5):
https://integralmemory.com/sites/de...ons/IntegralZSeriesPATA1-8SSD_Ver1-1_0512.pdf

 

[TerryLaze]

As a matter of fact I do. https://www.dropbox.com/s/h58esbew0gd3h8q/F21469C8-ED18-4E85-952E-C0A1AD7C32C5.jpeg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/78dzp49iz4vs6x3/A793BCC3-F223-4A84-BF2F-B54AA1DF7413.jpeg?dl=0

As fzabkar already noted this is a pata zif/flash card and it's pin compatible to IDE meaning that it's very easy to connect to any PC that can read ide drives with a simple connector.
You could daisy chain this to a ide to sata connector.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IDE-Adapte...666977?hash=item5d94d0bf61:g:PjcAAOSwSK9drLWV
or you can get an usb reader
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Memory...805605?hash=item3426e47465:g:il8AAOSwcK5epkOp

 

[fzabkar]

You could daisy chain this to a ide to sata connector.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IDE-Adapte...666977?hash=item5d94d0bf61:g:PjcAAOSwSK9drLWV
or you can get an usb reader
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Memory...805605?hash=item3426e47465:g:il8AAOSwcK5epkOp

Those adapters have a 50-pin CF interface. That's a different animal.

 

[Iceo]

I got the device I needed to convert the connection but couldn't boot with it.