Cheap SSDs on eBay: any problems?

[John H]

I see a lot of rather cheap SSDs on eBay that might work since they specify PCI-E, but they also mention Dell, such as: "16GB SSD for Dell Mini 9 STEC PCI-E". Can they be used to pep up my old T40 by putting my systems on the SSD?

[virge]

I don't think they'll work. I've been looking at that myself, hoping someone would make an adapter for IDE connections. There are some of those PCI-E SSDs that are labeled "PATA" so a converter of some kind might work. The PCI-E description is just for the physical socket layout. The pinouts are different.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[sjthinkpader]

The Transcend (and others) 32GB MLC SSD can be had at Newegg for under $100. I have one in a X30 and it is pretty fast. Should work in a T40 also. Look for my "Benchmark" post in the X2x, X3x, X4x forum.

[John H]

Wow, sjthinkpader! I checked out your thread at http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 81&start=0 and it has plenty good info.