Hardware question: CF-R2 + SSD = ?

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Hardware question: CF-R2 + SSD = ?

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First R2 I've put hands on, maybe 90% the size T2 with similar construction. Came with no hard drive but boots up fine.
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So ... maybe add an SSD and upgrade the Intel 2200 wifi card and this could be a nice lightweight travel unit for web browsing, right? Opened it up and found it is missing the HD cable also -- Oh no :pat:
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Tried a HD cable from a CF-W2. It has the right number of conductors but had to be folded a bit to get the HD in position. Unfortunately the R2 Bios doesn't see it. Tried with the original (dual volt) HD as well as an SSD (IDE with pin 41 and 44 mod). Neither shows up in Bios and can't be seen by HDClone to load an image.
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I also tried a CF-M34 HD cable -- it has a stiff backing on the cable that make it too fat to fit into the motherboard connector, but does seem the right size. Any ideas on how to get an HD into this R2?

ETA: Peeled the M34 cable and tried it, both ways -- won't even boot to Bios
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Re: Hardware question: CF-R2 + SSD = ?

#2 Post by ajkula66 »

I've never gone as far back as CF-R2, CF-R4 was the oldest one I've ever owned.

Given the amount of headache I went through when attempting to locate *anything* for those machines, I'd suggest attempting to boot from USB - a light *nix of some kind will do - and forget about the HDD altogether if the USB solution works.

My $0.02 only...

Good luck.
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Re: Hardware question: CF-R2 + SSD = ?

#3 Post by ADOR »

The only problem I see with a usb boot on this machine is I think it's usb 1.0 for this machine. It looks exactly like my T1 I gave away. I don't think they are using that machine anymore. If I think about it I will ask and see if they still have it.
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