Thread: New Intel Motherboard with SSD

Solid state storage over USB......Looks to me like its a glorified thumb-drive. Am I wrong?

Originally Posted by theonlykid

If you look at my previous post I explained why they were EOLed and what the replacement part # from Micron was. These are not the easiest things to get on the retail market as they are sold through the embedded product channels. These USB SSD's work quite well with the JT board.

What OS have you been using? Have you been happy with boot times? I imagine it would be about the same speed as booting off a USB stick unless they have found some way (this is a stretch) to r/w in parallel with twice the standard USB throughput. (i think the thing is 9 pins and takes two ports)

What about usinf CF over IDE or SATA? Wouldnt that be faster?

Hi all,

I own a LS-373 motherboard which has a MINI-PCI and a MINI-PCI-EXPRESS port.



For my old project, I used a 2.5" SSD from MTRON.

I am looking for a smaller solution.

I bought a BUFFALO 16GB mini-PCI express SSD :



But it desn't work. It seems that it is only designed for DELL MINI 9 (I thought it would work on my motherboard, I lost 50 €!)

Does anybody know a mini PCI or mini PCI-E SSD working on any motherboard?

Thanks.

Brice.

Originally Posted by coucouillu

I bought a BUFFALO 16GB mini-PCI express SSD :

But it desn't work. It seems that it is only designed for DELL MINI 9 (I thought it would work on my motherboard, I lost 50 €!)

Does anybody know a mini PCI or mini PCI-E SSD working on any motherboard?

I wonder if it would work with the D945gsejt. Did buffalo say it will only work with the dell mini 9? What is the buffalo part number?

Originally Posted by Fiberoptic

What OS have you been using? Have you been happy with boot times? I imagine it would be about the same speed as booting off a USB stick unless they have found some way (this is a stretch) to r/w in parallel with twice the standard USB throughput. (i think the thing is 9 pins and takes two ports)

Rob, I used a similar product from M-Systems, back in 2005 called the uDOC. The speeds of that device were incredible. I was cold-booting to idle desktop in about 16 seconds using an nLite XP Pro OS. These devices use high speed controllers and flash modules compared to run-of-the-mill USB thumb drives, so they're much faster.

Originally Posted by superart

What about usinf CF over IDE or SATA? Wouldnt that be faster?

Not for most CF drives. When I tested the uDOC above, it was faster than all CF drives out.

In the end, I don't think CF or USB embedded flash modules are worth it compared to an SSD. If you were building a very small device that didn't need a lot of storage then an embedded USB module is probably a good choice, but otherwise I would stick with SSD especially for car PCs.

These drives are much more then a glorified USB thumb drive. You have to look at what the product was designed for. In this case highly reliable industrial systems running on XP Embedded or other embedded OS. To start with these drives use SLC memory chips, not the cheaper MLC chips used in most SSD's on the market today.
Here is a link to a comparison of the chips done by super talent that explains the difference in detail
http://www.supertalent.com/datasheet...whitepaper.pdf

Today I found 14pcs of the Intel 4GB module that are left over from a dead project. I would dump them for $45 each including shipping with in the 50 states. They cost $45 so I am even loosing a few bucks but I have no se for them right now. If you want one send me a PM.
I think I still have some 1 and 2Gb Intel modules and a few 8Gb Micron modules but they were not were I thought they were. If I find them I will post a message about it.

If anyone wants a D945GSEJT, we just added them to the store today $119.99 (store link). Blog post about the addition here.