jfiveeight Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 (edited) As the title states, selling a solid state drive that's new in box. Used one for a year, adds some crazy speed to opening programs/editing large files. This is the exact drive:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227395 $230 obo now $200 obo Edited August 12, 2010 by jfiveeight price drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04silvrz Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 do you know if it will work as a Mass Storage Device? reason I ask is I would like to run it to my pioneer head unit via the USB port, but the drive has to be a MSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragknee66 Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 do you know if it will work as a Mass Storage Device? reason I ask is I would like to run it to my pioneer head unit via the USB port, but the drive has to be a MSD. Its just like a normal HD yes. That has to be the silliest Idea Ive ever heard of though hah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04silvrz Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 why? to have a 120Gb of music and video at my disposal? I can run a cable from behind the unit to the glove box and never see it. and actually if it works like a 'normal' hd it won't do mass storage, only a jump drive or sd card will. but since it is solid state i was hoping it did, but not all of them do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfiveeight Posted August 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 why? to have a 120Gb of music and video at my disposal? I can run a cable from behind the unit to the glove box and never see it. and actually if it works like a 'normal' hd it won't do mass storage, only a jump drive or sd card will. but since it is solid state i was hoping it did, but not all of them do. Edit: Just re-read it, so you would have to run USB to SATA. I would think how you format the drive would dictate if your head unit could use it or not, and if the adapter worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 why? to have a 120Gb of music and video at my disposal? I can run a cable from behind the unit to the glove box and never see it. and actually if it works like a 'normal' hd it won't do mass storage, only a jump drive or sd card will. but since it is solid state i was hoping it did, but not all of them do. What you need is a hard drive enclosure that is SATA to USB. It "should" work but I have never tried it with a SSD. They almost always have their own power wire so you would have to hardwire that and maybe use a power inverter. This is actually a great idea if you have a shit load of mp3s bigger then what would fit on a 32GB thumb drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04silvrz Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 ^ yeah, i am working on trying a different setup now. I do have a enclosed latop HD that is USB powered. It didn't work before, and what I read in my pioneer manual said that is had to be capable of Mass Storage Mode which what a jump drive does. but, after talking with someone here and researching it a bit more i have found that it is supposed to be able to work with a FAT32 partion instead of NTFS. So I am going to format that drive sometime this week and give it another try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Well a HD enclosure makes any drive a mass storage device. FAT32 max partition size is around 120GB so you should be fine. Hard-writing the power would be the most difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Using an SSD drive just for music would be like using a Ferrari as a daily driver.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Using an SSD drive just for music would be like using a Ferrari as a daily driver.. Not really. There is no moving parts and cheaper then 2-3 64GB usb thumb drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04silvrz Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 yup. it's the way to go. i used my ipod till it broke, figured i could get more space and save a money if I just use a HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 Using an SSD drive just for music would be like using a Ferrari as a daily driver.. Not really, as he says this is for a moving vehicle. A regular hdd would have issues with the movement of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 Not really, as he says this is for a moving vehicle. A regular hdd would have issues with the movement of the car. Laptop HDD... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 Not really, as he says this is for a moving vehicle. A regular hdd would have issues with the movement of the car. You are aware that OEM automobiles and aftermarket headsets have been using magnetic HDD's for years, right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfiveeight Posted August 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 But why not access your music and movies... faster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfiveeight Posted August 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 Price drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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