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Kenneth Finnegan

The highest density 2.5" hard drive you can get in the thinner 7mm form factor, a rummage through my little bin of tiny computer screws, and I want you to brace yourself for the unholy abomination that is about to grace your screen.

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Kenneth Finnegan replied to Kenneth

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Kenneth Finnegan replied to Kenneth

I just.... it's... it's magnificent... 😍

Kenneth Finnegan replied to Kenneth

Kind of a bummer that the HDD activity on the mPCIe card doesn't report out to the activity LED on the front panel.

I feel like further hacks may need to be considered here for that.

Nick 🦇🕸️🖤🖖 replied to Kenneth

@kwf that is truly a work of kludge artistry.

Kenneth Finnegan replied to Nick

@ExplodingLemur You can also get 4TB QVO SSDs in 7mm SFF, but I wasn't real thrilled to drop $250 on an SSD for this tomfoolery.

Nick 🦇🕸️🖤🖖 replied to Kenneth

@kwf a 4TB SSD is down to $250?! Holy moly...

Kenneth Finnegan replied to Nick

@ExplodingLemur I'm paying $110-$160 a piece for these 2TB M.2s I'm playing with.

ducksauz 🦆 replied to Kenneth

@kwf @ExplodingLemur from the eBay listing you posted the other day, it looked like these 2T SSDs are used pulls from other gear, yes?

Ewen McNeill replied to Kenneth

@kwf TBH other than the white silicone, I’d probably accept that as “factory stock” if I just glanced at it. (With a black mechanical blob holding the SATA cable in place, it’d just look like a “chip on board” setup.)

Someone should persuade Chinese factories to make M.2 male to SATA cable (omitting the socket) for this “low profile” use case; there are already far weirder A to B options available from China…. 🤔

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