*HP 2510p Owners Lounge*

[handy_ha]

thanks a lot. I understood more how to upgrade my 2510p.
It seems Runcore, win 7 and 2510p don't have any compatible issue. I will buy Runcore ProIV Zif soon with using windows 7. I think it should have a great improvement in my nb sson.

[w0lla]

So anyone bought the HD caddy and using a intel X25 G2 with it ? Would be nice to know if theres any compatible issues with this setup and 2510p

[w0lla]

Hmm, ok thanks . SO it seems that a Runcore 1.8 ZIF is the safest bet.

[saturn_frak]

I've received my PATA Caddy and the Samsung HM160HC hdd.
here are the photos and the benchmark results

the caddy:


unscrewing the JAE50 connector


the HM160HC:



the benchmarks when the HM160HC connected as slave:




the benchmarks when the HM160HC connected as master:



thank you all for the information

[nando4]

Originally Posted by saturn_frak

I've received my PATA Caddy and the Samsung HM160HC hdd.
here are the photos and the benchmark results

Could I ask if you could run the Disk Benchmark from Passmark's Performancetest and capture the screen (ctrl-prtscn) ? I documented unusually poor performance using the newmodeus sata-to-pata caddy (as master) with a pretty quick 500GB Fujitsu drive here, so am wondering if your setup is actually *faster*. I have a feeling the answer is "yes", but your benchmarks would confirm that.

[saturn_frak]

No problem

[handy_ha]

runcore ssd make my notebook life difference.. it's much faster. it's take around 45 sec startup win 7, take 1 sec to start most the application and take 5 sec to shut down the pc... yeah, i really like it

[boutineau]

Originally Posted by nando4

So far we've had the following reported SSD results within a 2510P optical bay caddy:

Runcore ProIV 2.5" SATA in newmodeus 9.5mm sata-to-pata caddy (Jmicron)
OCZ Vertex in a ebay 9.5mm sata-to-pata caddy (Marvell)

I have also found another report of a Intel X25-M in an Lenovo Ultrabay sata-to-pata (using same Marvell chip as the ebay caddy).

If seriously contemplating going the Intel X25-M G2, would advise using the ebay 9.5mm sata-to-pata caddy as it appears to use the higher performance sata-to-pata chip. It costs less than the newmodeus (Jmicron) offering too. The X25M-G2 supports Win7's TRIM feature.

The only compatibility issue you *might* run into is setting getting the 2.5" SSD drive and 1.8" ZIF HDDworking together. The best combination being setting the ebay caddy as master (jumper pin47 to pin45 - GND to hardwire it as master), and place a hairpin thin wire between the 1.8" ZIF HDDs pin 1 and 2 to set is as slave. If you don't intend to run the 1.8" ZIF concurrently, then skip this and just ensure you have the ebay caddy set as master.

Obvious advantage of 2.5" SATA SSD is greater interroperability with current notebooks so can be lined up for a future system upgrade, is cheaper-per-GB than 1.8" ZIF SSD. Disadvantages being you lose the optical drive, added extra sata-to-pata power consumption overhead.

Hi does any one have any images or pin configeration for doing the place a hairpin thin wire between the 1.8" ZIF HDDs pin 1 and 2 to set is as slave.

[nando4]

Originally Posted by boutineau

Hi does any one have any images or pin configeration for doing the place a hairpin thin wire between the 1.8" ZIF HDDs pin 1 and 2 to set is as slave.

INFO: Jumpering the Toshiba MK8009GAH ZIF HDD as slave



From my previous picture. I confirm this is the correct way to do it as that's how I got my ZIF as slave/sata HDD in caddy as master benchmarks.

Pin1 is the bottom-most ZIF pin, Pin2 is the one above it. I bared a wire, twisting three very fine strands together, wedged it in the space between the two pins to bridge them, curled it towards the edge, then stuck it down with cellophane tape. If successful, you'll be able to choose Optical Disk Drive (slave) in the bootup menu and it will direct the bootprocess to the ZIF HDD. A bit fiddly, getting near magnifying glass size to work with, but can be done in under 10 mins with a bit of patience. Hopefully only once in a while.

May I ask what you intend to run as master? Perhaps even have something like a Intel X25-M G2 in the higher performance ebay optical bay caddy that you could share benchmark data?

[boutineau]

Hi Nando4
I have purchested a SATA 2nd Hard Disk Drive caddy for HP COMPAQ Laptop. I will be placing a 2.5" sata harddrive in it as master and slave the origanal 1.8 Zif drive. I was also thinking about the 1.8" 64gig Kingspec SSD from ebay.