the ZIF SSDs are no longer made or rather, they are no longer used. These are IDE/ATA-based Solid State drives. They are essentially Class-5 Flash chips on a small board with an IDE controller. It's 4x 4GB Chips to equal 16. It's like having a Compact Flash (same type of chips) but it's not exactly the same as a CompactFlash. You have to have a custom controller for CF to IDE where-as this is a direct pin-for-pin from the ZIF/LIF Cable to the 44-pin adapter.
There is no logic in the Adapter, the SSD has all the IDE logic.
FWIW this is the same type of connector in the 1.8" small hard drives on the drive-based iPod and iPod Classic.
I have a 30GB 1.8" iPod HDD sitting in my NetBook which this came out of.
Keep in mind some SSDs reverse the polarity of the pins on the cable. I had to order a special LIF/ZIF cable that reversed the pins.
Unlike a normal cable (which the on each end the side that exposes the pins on the left part of the cable is the same side as the right cable), This has to have one side exposed on the left part, but on the other side, the opposite side of the ribbon is exposed. So it reverses the pins.
If you ever get an adapter and can't get it to work, that would be the reason. This is also the reason I had to use that cable on the 1.8" hard drive on my netbook is because the HDD requires it to be exposed on the same size as the other, but the actual LIF host connector on the netbook requires it to be backwards. I will post a pic of the ribbon when I get it in the mail. I got three of them coming (the cheapest option required I get three of them, but shipping was free and it was only $1.25.
There is no logic in the Adapter, the SSD has all the IDE logic.
FWIW this is the same type of connector in the 1.8" small hard drives on the drive-based iPod and iPod Classic.
I have a 30GB 1.8" iPod HDD sitting in my NetBook which this came out of.
Keep in mind some SSDs reverse the polarity of the pins on the cable. I had to order a special LIF/ZIF cable that reversed the pins.
Unlike a normal cable (which the on each end the side that exposes the pins on the left part of the cable is the same side as the right cable), This has to have one side exposed on the left part, but on the other side, the opposite side of the ribbon is exposed. So it reverses the pins.
If you ever get an adapter and can't get it to work, that would be the reason. This is also the reason I had to use that cable on the 1.8" hard drive on my netbook is because the HDD requires it to be exposed on the same size as the other, but the actual LIF host connector on the netbook requires it to be backwards. I will post a pic of the ribbon when I get it in the mail. I got three of them coming (the cheapest option required I get three of them, but shipping was free and it was only $1.25.