IDE to SATA Hard Drive or Optical Drive Adapter - 40-Pin PATA to 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD/ODD Converter - T
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Connect your SATA drive to an IDE motherboard

I had one of those IDE-to-SATA converters lying around in my drawer for some reason. I used it to throw a modern 500G SSD into my old P4:

40-Pin PATA to 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD/ODD Converter mounted on SATA SSD

I transferred my Debian install from the period 160G HDD onto the SSD drive and now it’s nice and quiet, and quite a bit speedier than the original IDE HDD.

But I only use it with Linux because Windows XP doesn’t have TRIM support and will kill the SSD in short order if I run it. Linux on the other hand… no problem, it’s safe:

~$ lsblk --discard
NAME   DISC-ALN DISC-GRAN DISC-MAX DISC-ZERO
fd0           0        0B       0B         0
fd1           0        0B       0B         0
sda           0      512B       2G         0
├─sda1        0      512B       2G         0
├─sda2        0      512B       2G         0
└─sda3        0      512B       2G         0
sr0           0        0B       0B         0
sr1           0        0B       0B         0

(Non-zero DISC-GRAN and DISC-MAX values indicates TRIM support)

Another proof that Linux is just plain better 😉

The machine has been rocking this disk all day long without any problem. I recommend this little doodad.

  • LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world
    9·
    1 day ago

    These work splendidly for modding your Xbox with a bigger, faster hard drive. You’d need an 80 pin IDE cable, but otherwise it’s worth it.

    Just note that there’s not much a speed difference between a HDD and an SSD since it’s bottlenecked by the IDE cable, but an SSD would be quieter.

    • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
      31·
      1 day ago

      cloud capital performs five roles that used to be beyond capital’s capacities: It grabs our attention. It manufactures our desires. It sells to us,

      hdparm reported higher throughput value. maybe 10/15%. I’ll take it.