Mini PCI-e to usb adapter, need to read a Mac Air SSD on Laptop.
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Title says it all. Anyone know of anything like this?
doesn't exist.
There's pci-e to mini pci-e adapters and the other way around though.
(and those mini pci-e to usb adapters that ACTUALLY EXIST only gives access to the USB lanes in the mini pci-express port, yeah there's also usb in that)
[img]http://www.hwtools.net/jpg/MP1_c2.JPG[/img]
Something like that? Or am I confused?
[QUOTE=David Tennant;32372567][img]http://www.hwtools.net/jpg/MP1_c2.JPG[/img]
Something like that? Or am I confused?[/QUOTE]
That specific piece has the stipulation on it's page:
There are existing mPCIe 'form factor' SSD's that present SATA and PATA interface, but none that use the standard mPCIe pinout (i.e. mPCIe tx/rx pins)
Also, this sort of thing does exist:
[url]http://www.memoryc.com/storageproducts/hddenclosures/runcore70mm50mmpatasatapatacombominipcieexternalusbenclosureinclusbcable.html[/url]
I'm just wondering seeing the MacAir's SSD is 108.9mm long.
[QUOTE=StealthArcher;32372655]Also, this sort of thing does exist:
[url]http://www.memoryc.com/storageproducts/hddenclosures/runcore70mm50mmpatasatapatacombominipcieexternalusbenclosureinclusbcable.html[/url]
I'm just wondering seeing the MacAir's SSD is 108.9mm long.[/QUOTE]
Unscrew the circuit from the housing and place it on a antistatic mat and hook it up to the Macbook Airs SSD, transfer the files, and reverse the process.
[QUOTE=Van-man;32372725]Unscrew the circuit from the housing and place it on a antistatic mat and hook it up to the Macbook Airs SSD, transfer the files, and reverse the process.[/QUOTE]
Fair enough if it works. But from what I'm reading now it might not, fucking apple and their proprietary shit. Oh the times when people douse their computers in coke and want files recovered.
[QUOTE=StealthArcher;32372767]fucking apple and their proprietary shit.[/QUOTE]
I thought PCI-E SSD's were quite common.
It's faster than SATA 3 isn't it?
[QUOTE=chrishind10;32372790]I thought PCI-E SSD's were quite common.
It's faster than SATA 3 isn't it?[/QUOTE]
It allows for higher bandwidth yes, hence those 1,400Mb/s read/write SSD's you can get for £5,000.
[QUOTE=chrishind10;32372790]I thought PCI-E SSD's were quite common.
It's faster than SATA 3 isn't it?[/QUOTE]
[url]http://blog.fosketts.net/2010/11/09/toshiba-blade-x-gale-ssd-apple-macbook-air/[/url]
Those blade SSDs are what is in Mac Airs
It's like they took RAM and put a mini PCI-E on the end
[QUOTE=Shadaez;32372859]It's like they took RAM and put a mini PCI-E on the end[/QUOTE]
And magically made the RAM not volatile.
But we're derailing here.
Save yourself the headache and just use a desktop if at all possible.
What about, use a mini PCI-E to PCI-E adapter, put all your files on your desktop then transfer to Macbook?
[url]http://www.ebay.ca/itm/mini-PCI-E-PCI-E-x1-wireless-adapter-2-antenna-/180685679030?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a11b4a9b6#ht_1896wt_1153[/url]
[QUOTE=David Tennant;32372941]What about, use a mini PCI-E to PCI-E adapter, put all your files on your desktop then transfer to Macbook?[/QUOTE]
What? Did I get my point across that badly?
Nonononono. Short story: Friend spilled coke all over Mac Air (there's sugar everywhere inside), shorted out, doesn't turn on, trying to recover files from the SSD inside. Can't use the mac air for obv reasons.
Oh I see, well instead of getting a mini PCI-E to usb adapter, you can get a mini PCI-E to PCI-E adapter and do it that way, right?
So why can't you use a regular SATA adapter? The SATA plug on the SSD looks like any other SATA plug...
Where do you want the files?
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;32373068]Where do you want the files?[/QUOTE]
That's a pretty silly question.
Found out something that changes it all. The drive is not mini PCIE at all, it's mini SATA, which is described as "looking almost exactly like mini PCIE" :v:
The adapters for these are cheap and easily available, so off I go.
Future reference to google/facepunch searches: You're looking for a Mini Sata to x adapter. x being what you want to connect with.
Problem solved, thread can be ignored.
[QUOTE=David Tennant;32373083]That's a pretty silly question.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, I misunderstood something.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;32373149]Sorry, I misunderstood something.[/QUOTE]
I actually misread your post as "Why do you want the files?" sorry.
[QUOTE=StealthArcher;32373103]Found out something that changes it all. The drive is not mini PCIE at all, it's mini SATA, which is described as "looking almost exactly like mini PCIE" :v:
The adapters for these are cheap and easily available, so off I go.
Future reference to google/facepunch searches: You're looking for a Mini Sata to x adapter. x being what you want to connect with.
Problem solved, thread can be ignored.[/QUOTE]Wait, isn't "mini-SATA" just the SATA power connector and the data one right next to each other? You wouldn't even need a adapter in that case. Just plug the power connector from your PSU into the drive, and the SATA data connector. That's how I do it anyway.
[QUOTE=Demache;32373386]Wait, isn't "mini-SATA" just the SATA power connector and the data one right next to each other? You wouldn't even need a adapter in that case. Just plug the power connector from your PSU into the drive, and the SATA data connector. That's how I do it anyway.[/QUOTE]
Fraid that's micro SATA, mini SATA is a fair bit smaller and has no L shaped slots.
Also, why the fuck will none of the people who sell a mini SATA adapter ship to Canada or a PO Box. Fucking american suppliers.
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