On 14/03/18 15:35, David Christensen wrote: > On 03/13/18 17:00, Richard Hector wrote: >> Apologies for the diversion - does anyone know if there are USB flash >> drives that _are_ built for full-time use, as a system disk? >> >> I've got some old thin clients that could do with storage upgrades that >> are a bit easier to come by than the weird (PATA?) flash modules they >> come with. Obviously I could just hook up an external USB ssd, but I'd >> like to keep the small form factor if I can - then they can go inside >> the case. > > https://duckduckgo.com/?q=disk+on+module&t=ffsb&ia=web > > > http://www.memorydepot.com/ssd_diskonmodule.html Interesting, thanks - it appears that I could replace the existing module after all - and possibly add a SATA one, depending on which way round they are. I'm not entirely sure about the power situation though - there seem to be multiple ways of getting power through the data port; are they all backwards compatible? Does my system need to support it explicitly, or will any old sata port work? I see there are USB DOMs as well, but most/many of them want an internal header rather than a type A socket, which is all I have. And some of them say they're USB 3, backward compatible with USB 2 ... I'm not sure which of my ports are what standard; some of them may even be 1 ... Almost none of these seem to be available locally in New Zealand though, so I'd have to import something, which is a bit more of a hassle. Cheers, Richard
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