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mSATA SSD in a Pismo

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bobnugget

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Hi,

My Pismo has just gone through it's second HDD in a year or so, and I'd like to put an SSD in it. I'm aware you can get mSATA->IDE adapters, and mSATA SSDs aren't too pricey these days. Anyone know if I can put a 128 GB in it (I've had an 80 GB HDD in there), and any recommendations for adapters?

I tried searching, but couldn't find any recommendations for adapters - it does seem possible, though.
Thanks!
 
My own Pismo has a 64GB mSATA SSD and it has revolutionised the speed by comparison with the old 10GB spinner.
I understand that 128GB is fine, but no higher with a Pismo.

The adapter that I bought came from https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universa...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 and at the time was also the cheapest I could find in the UK. Not the quickest to send out, but I have returned to the same seller for mSATA enclosures for my G4 PowerBooks, and they all work perfectly.

It's working batteries that are extremely difficult to come by, and I was lucky enough to get a bargain Lombard with a nearly new battery, and which I switched to the Pismo. I rather fancy a 2nd battery to go in the other slot and increase my play time a lot more.

Cheers :)

Hugh
 
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Since the Pismo is one of the Macs that max at 128GB drives, but it also has a full IDE bus just for the internal connector, so I use an IDE44 to dual CF adapter like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0036DDXUM/ with 2 CF to microSD adapters like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07919JWZG/ with 2 128GB endurance microSD cards like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B984HJ5/ so that I can not only have 256GB total internally, but also have 2 distinct drives to keep MacOS 9 and MacOS 10.5 not just on separate partitions, but separate drives.
 
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Thanks both for the input! I'm going to go for an mSATA adapter as I think it'll work out less. Interesting on the Dual CF adapter though, I used to boot really old (1400, 190) powerbooks from CF many years ago.
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Hughmac said:
It's working batteries that are extremely difficult to come by, and I was lucky enough to get a bargain Lombard with a nearly new battery, and which I switched to the Pismo. I rather fancy a 2nd battery to go in the other slot and increase my play time a lot more.

Cheers :)

Hugh
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Yes, I've been looking for a working battery for a while. They were available from a few sources a few years ago, but now my battery has finally died (well, it lasts a few minutes, so not totally dead), there doesn't seem to be anywhere in the UK that sells them, and the US remailer I use won't ship them unless they are in equipment.
 
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Just picked up a 64 GB Samsung mSATA SSD for it. I wonder if the drive or adapter will arrive first...
 
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bobnugget said:
How fast was that(!) - cloned the 15 GB of data onto it, reinstalled and booted all in under ten minutes. Machine currently seems insanely fast!
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The Pismo responds really well with an SSD and it’s a cinch to install. Impressive for a nearly 20 year old Mac portable!
 
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