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    Replacing Dead SSD. What Adapter Do I Need?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Jurisprudence, Sep 23, 2013.

  1. Jurisprudence

    Jurisprudence Notebook Evangelist

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    Hope someone can help with this. I think my intel x-18m 80gb ssd has died. Its not recognised in the bios. I have a Sandisk SSD 64gb from a Vaio P 2nd gen I'd like to use in my Vaio TT but the connectors are different. Can someone point me in the right direction of an adapter I can use to get the Sandisk to work in the TT. I've included pics of the 2 drives for comparison. Cheers.

    PS: I've posted this in the Sony Vaio TT Owner Lounge but its a bit quiet over there as its an older model & need to get this running pretty quickly so my apologies for the double post.
     
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    Tasku Notebook Enthusiast

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    Quick search reveals that sdpa3cd-064g is a 1.8" SSD with zif interface.
    It might work with something like this -> eBay
     
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    Thanks for the info and link but I'm not sure the adapter will fit into the space for the Intel x-18m as its a 1.8" microsata drive. The myriad of formats confuses the hell out of me so I may be completely off.
     
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    Missed the bit about the Intel SSD size there :eek:
    There are 1.8" SATA to ZIF adapters available on eBay, but not the opposite :(
     
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