Photofast Lures With 128 GB 1.8-inch G-Monster IDE V2 SSD

[btarunr]

Japanese storage specialist, famed for its recent 1000 MB/s G-Monster Promise SSD Card is on the prowl with what looks like an entry-level notebook SSD that offers some of the core advantages of solid-state storage along with legacy compatibility. The Photofast G-Monster 1.8" IDE V2 is exactly what its name carries: a 1.8-inch SSD with the IDE interface. The speeds it offers can be easily matched by a high-end conventional hard-drive in its form-factor, 85 MB/s sequential read, and 50 MB/s sequential write, though its USP isn't exactly its speed: it is that of portability, much better shock-resistance against conventional hard drives, and the lower access time flash-based storage offers. It comes with a capacity of 128 GB, and a MTBF of 1 million hours. The drive is backed by the company's 1-year warranty. Its price isn't known just yet. Detailed specifications can be read here.



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[department76]

sounds like the future for portable media players. no mroe worrying about damagin a zune or ipod by jogging with it!

 

[DanishDevil]

Microsoft should put these in the Zune HD and subsidize the price of them to $200. Then maybe they would sell more Zunes than Apple sells iPods

I wonder how much these are going to run. Guesses, anybody?

 

[BazookaJoe]

Promises, promises...

 

[nemesis.ie]

Are they (Photofast) Japanese? I think they have a .tw web site?

http://www.photofast.tw/eng/index.htm

 

[Mussels]

while those speeds might be matched by conventional hard drives in the 3.5" form factor, i'll sell my firstborn to someone who shows me a 1.8" HDD with speeds like that.

 

[lemonadesoda]

Can one connect a 1.8" IDE to a 2.5" cable? Or are converters/different connector system required?

 

[Mussels]

Can one connect a 1.8" IDE to a 2.5" cable? Or are converters/different connector system required?

adaptors would be needed.

 

[Wile E]

I wonder if this would work in my 3rd gen iPod with a dead HD? lol.

 

[Mussels]

I wonder if this would work in my 3rd gen iPod with a dead HD? lol.

it should. they did use 1.8 HDDs. as long as its got the same filesystem, theres no reason for it to not work.

 

[Wile E]

it should. they did use 1.8 HDDs. as long as its got the same filesystem, theres no reason for it to not work.

iPods are picky about what drives will work. I can't remember the technicalities on it tho.

 

[Baum]

@Wile E
sometimes you can mod those firmwares to accept other drives BUT the main problem i think will be the connector on this drive, shouldn't it have pins wich feature IDE signals? and thus might not fit in Ipod with ZIF/(Flat-plastick) wire. Just Google sometimes there are replacement parts or pictures availible!

[EDIT] Found a Video how to replace the HD
http://www.ipodhowtovideo.com/3rdgen/3gharddrivereplacement.html

 

[Wile E]

@Wile E
sometimes you can mod those firmwares to accept other drives BUT the main problem i think will be the connector on this drive, shouldn't it have pins wich feature IDE signals? and thus might not fit in Ipod with ZIF/(Flat-plastick) wire. Just Google sometimes there are replacement parts or pictures availible!

[EDIT] Found a Video how to replace the HD
http://www.ipodhowtovideo.com/3rdgen/3gharddrivereplacement.html

The zif is only on the logic board. The HDD itself is IDE.