Solder header onto Joggler PATA port
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 3:34 pm
The wiki article :
https://www.jogglerwiki.com/wiki/Adding_a_PATA_port
explains a great deal.
But just to experiment, I thought, what if I just solder a header onto the PATA pads, then I can connect whatever to it. Admittedly there may be issues closing the joggler back up. I'm thinking I can find a better solution to mounting a PATA drive externally, or even just a connector, this way. And I would be able to test and compare a PATA connected drive with applications I'm currently using USB for.
I think I would need a right angle header, but I don't know what the pitch would be ( space between the pins ). Plus this way soldering on and removing with braid should be easy enough ?
Once the header is mounted, I could use 40 wire flat cable with female connector to connect suitable hardware on the drive end.
Comments on the above would be greatly appreciated.
Could anyone comment on how much, if any, of a speed improvement is using a PATA connected drive over a good USB3 thumb drive on the USB port ? Is it possible to boot from a PATA connected drive using the standard BIOS or can the PATA drive only be used once booted and set up from a USB connected drive ?
TIA
J
https://www.jogglerwiki.com/wiki/Adding_a_PATA_port
explains a great deal.
But just to experiment, I thought, what if I just solder a header onto the PATA pads, then I can connect whatever to it. Admittedly there may be issues closing the joggler back up. I'm thinking I can find a better solution to mounting a PATA drive externally, or even just a connector, this way. And I would be able to test and compare a PATA connected drive with applications I'm currently using USB for.
I think I would need a right angle header, but I don't know what the pitch would be ( space between the pins ). Plus this way soldering on and removing with braid should be easy enough ?
Once the header is mounted, I could use 40 wire flat cable with female connector to connect suitable hardware on the drive end.
Comments on the above would be greatly appreciated.
Could anyone comment on how much, if any, of a speed improvement is using a PATA connected drive over a good USB3 thumb drive on the USB port ? Is it possible to boot from a PATA connected drive using the standard BIOS or can the PATA drive only be used once booted and set up from a USB connected drive ?
TIA
J