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Trying SSDs on Performa 6400, ongoing struggle...

Posted by: Snial on 2023-10-10 13:12:45

So far it looks like this:

ASIN
Product
Prucut tyoe
Chipset Manufacturer
Chipset Name
Works?

B0026OYEEQ
Startech IDE2CF
IDE / CF Adapter
No Chipset
--
YES

B07QJXCDBR
Swissbit CF Card 2 GB fixed
CF Card
?
?
YES

B00ELC8GFO
DELOCK 62495
IDE / mSATA Adapter
Marvell
88SA8052-NNC2
NO
Harddsik setup does not recognize
B00EOJNGC2
StarTech IDE2SAT2
IDE / SATA Adapter
Marvell
88SA8052-NNC2
NO
chime, black screen
B09GPGFLWB
MO3C
IDE / SATA Adapter
?
B77AS0041
NO
Harddsik setup does not recognize
B0041LCTGW
SATA2IDE44VAO
IDE / SATA Adapter
Jmicron
JM20330
NO
Harddsik setup does not recognize
B07476J7NK
EVB-002-3
IDE / SATA Adapter
Jmicron
JM20330
NO
chine, welcome, system error 3
‎B083LXPF91
N-1801
IDE / mSATA Adapter
Jmicron
JM20330
NO
chine, welcome, system error 3. Without system extension: startup, everthing okay. But not stable sometimes starts up with errors 1, 10 and 11

So, now I will test the N-1801 with 7.6 and 8.6.

The funny thing: although the JM20330 is used by multiple manufacturers and they only seem to adopt the application note schematic, it has different outcomes.....

I wonder if the issues you've been having with adapting JM20330 mSATA - IDE is related to the issues I had, as discussed here:

Mac Mini G4, mSATA-to-IDE adapters and Master/Slave

When putting a mSATA in a 44-pin IDE adapter into a Mac Mini G4, is it possible to set whether it is a master or slave on these adapters. My CF-IDE adapters have a jumper for master. According to Wikipedia, the 4 extra pins are for power. IDE uses 40-pins (including one mechanical one). When I...

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Posted by: Forrest on 2023-10-10 19:15:38

I’ve watched a few of Sean Malseed’s video’s (Action Retro on YouTube) and he’s has a pile of IDE to SSD and IDE to CF adapters he tests - some work better than others. He usually has very good results with Dosdude1’s hand assembled IDE to SSD drives, which can be purchased at https://doslabelectronics.com/shop

Dosdude1 is a member on this forum

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