How to...Swap a HDD for an SSD

[cubicgarden]

Hey all,

Making some changes to my Pacemaker after I dropped it and the hard drive is now clicking and crashing when playing Rosegarden 2.0
http://cubicgarden.com/2013/03/02/pacem ... -problems/

So I've decided to swap the hard drive for a solid state drive.
Looking around I wanted check I got everything needed correct.

It needs to be a 1.8inch SSD with a 40pin PATA/ZIF connection?

I was looking at this one... http://www.amazon.co.uk/KingSpec-1-8-in ... _1_fkmr2_2
32GB KingSpec 1.8-inch ZIF 40-pin SSD Solid State Disk SMI Controller (MLC)

Like my battery post, any help or pointers would be greatly useful

[musicinstinct]

It needs to be a 1.8inch SSD with a 40pin PATA/ZIF connection?

How did it go? Was the SSD replacement straight forward?

So we need a 0.2mm zif? Does 40pin Zif mean the same as 0.2? I couldn't find the size (0.2 vs 0.3) on the specs I looked at, so I'm not sure if the SSD I have found is the right one.

[Sox]

CubicGarden has done a nice blog on how to do this, with pics

http://cubicgarden.com/2013/05/05/upgra ... ard-drive/

[musicinstinct]

Thanks to everyone who's posted about this, I now have a 64GB SSD in my Pacemaker.

It's lighter, the battery lasts longer, and I'm finding it much more responsive. Fantastic upgrade. Everyone should do this!

[Bergq]

A another new detailed guide:

http://wordpress.bergq.se/guide-how-to- ... -to-a-ssd/

[Sox]

Nice clear guide. Great work!