A Hard Disk In A PCI Slot?

Sidney · 17th June 2005, 19:36

Creative engineers and product designers are constantly coming up with new ideas for interesting products. One company with plenty of inventive folk is Taiwan-based Upgradeware, which in the past made the news mostly because of its processor upgrades.

Their latest offering is a pair of PCI cards, the HD25I and HD25IS, which are adapters that make it possible to install a 2.5" hard disk in a conventional desktop PCI slot. Upgradeware doesn't put an extra hard disk controller on the board. Rather, it uses the PCI slot only as a location and energy source for the installation of the hard disk. The interface continues to be through the PC motherboard.

http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20050617/index.html

jmke · 18th June 2005, 10:16

waste of space and money in my humble opinion

18th June 2005, 13:43

Same here.

The only case where this device seems handy is if your laptop has gone to hell and you want to use the data you had in it.

jmke · 18th June 2005, 15:17

there are much cheaper solutions for that, laptop to IDE HDD adapter

18th June 2005, 18:26

I mean in the case where your laptop has fried, completely.

piotke · 18th June 2005, 18:32

yes,

there exist convertors to use a 2,5 " HDD on a 3,5 " cable. Costst around 5 to 10 euro on ebay.

18th June 2005, 20:08

Well...

The things you learn each day...

17th June 2005, 19:36	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	A Hard Disk In A PCI Slot? Creative engineers and product designers are constantly coming up with new ideas for interesting products. One company with plenty of inventive folk is Taiwan-based Upgradeware, which in the past made the news mostly because of its processor upgrades. Their latest offering is a pair of PCI cards, the HD25I and HD25IS, which are adapters that make it possible to install a 2.5" hard disk in a conventional desktop PCI slot. Upgradeware doesn't put an extra hard disk controller on the board. Rather, it uses the PCI slot only as a location and energy source for the installation of the hard disk. The interface continues to be through the PC motherboard. http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20050617/index.html __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

18th June 2005, 10:16	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	waste of space and money in my humble opinion __________________

18th June 2005, 15:17	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	there are much cheaper solutions for that, laptop to IDE HDD adapter __________________

18th June 2005, 18:32	#6
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	yes, there exist convertors to use a 2,5 " HDD on a 3,5 " cable. Costst around 5 to 10 euro on ebay. __________________ .

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18th June 2005, 13:43	#3
Faiakes Posts: n/a	Same here. The only case where this device seems handy is if your laptop has gone to hell and you want to use the data you had in it.

18th June 2005, 18:26	#5
Faiakes Posts: n/a	I mean in the case where your laptop has fried, completely.

18th June 2005, 20:08	#7
Faiakes Posts: n/a	Well... The things you learn each day...