@Fizzbinn great to hear these are working well in your 'Books, do you find them more reliable than other HDD replacements? I wonder what level ATA they support?So far I've only used CF adapters which have been fine, but are getting pretty long in the tooth. I'm thinking an mSATA adapter would support higher ATA spec. transfer rates when the hardware supports it?
I don't have any experience with other mSATA to PATA/IDE adapters. The Ableconn
mSATA SSD to 2.5-Inch IDE Adapter Converter with Aluminum Frame Bracket adapter lists the ATA levels it supports on the Amazon page, it's quite specific:
* Convert Full Size mSATA SSD to High Performance, No Noise, Low Power 44Pin 2.5” IDE SSD
* Supports SATA I, SATA II and SATA III (6Gbps) mSATA SSD
* Latch type mSATA connector on board, no need the screw to retain mSATA SSD
* 100% Compatible with 2.5” IDE drive mechanical spec
* 48 bits LBA can Break Capacity-Limit to Support mSATA SSD max 144,115,188GB
* Compliant with Serial ATA 2.6
* Jumper setting support IDE Master, Slave and Cable Select Modes
* Tag Command Queuing (Max 32 entries)
* ATA/ATAPI PIO mode data transfer
* ATA/ATAPI UDMA data transfer rate of 150, 133, 100, 66, 44, 33, 25, 16.7 MB/s
* ATA/ATAPI-7 Streaming feature set
* Includes 9.5mm height 2.5 “ drive metal frame with 8 mounting holes and 4 HDD screws
* Dimension of PCBA with 2.5” frame : 98mm x 69.85mm x 9.5mm
* Fully RoHS compliant
* Made in Taiwan
In the Amazon reviews/comments at least one user commented on compatibility that is better than the other "generic white ebay adapters typically have the JMicron chipset in them which causes a lot of compatibility in issues between certain laptops and msata drives". Not sure if that applies to any Macs or not but I didn't want to risk it.
I did test it in my PowerBook 1400 and it didn't work quite right. I ended up using a PATA/IDE to CF adapter in my 1400. I think this has to do with the 1400 using a very limited PATA/IDE implementation.
If anyone is interested in bechmarks I could run some on the machines I have if there is interest.