Samsung RAID LIF 128GB SSD, any adaptor for it?????

[tckin]

Does anyone know how to connect this customised made LIF interface to a normal SATA/IDE/USB?

This LIF interface is slightly wider than the LIF used in the SSD of MAC book Air.

Model: RAID LIF 128GB MLC

It is from a Sony laptop.

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[drc]

The answer is in your ribbon cable

[DR-Kiev]

Zif cable and scissors will help

[tckin]

The answer is in your ribbon cable

The ribbon cable is used to connect to two SSD drives and the motherboard of the laptop. They are not in a standard LIF size. It is impossible to use this cable for DR purpose.

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[DR-Kiev]

The answer is in your ribbon cable

They are not in a standard LIF size.

As for me, usual Lif interface . Has it 24 pins like samsung HS12UHE?
Or 20 pins like 1" seagates?

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[tckin]

It is a 25pins (width=1.1cm) interface on the SSD drive.

It has double layer. On the other side of it, there is another controller and 8 memory chips.

They share one output interface, as shown.

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[DR-Kiev]

It seems to me this was wrote before:
Check pinouts:
There are 24 pins on the 1.8 sata-LIF connector.
Pin 2,3 : 3.3V
Pin 8: DAS (Device Active Signal)
Pin 11,12: A+ /A- Differential Signal Pair A
Pin 14,15: B- /B+ Differential Signal Pair B
Pin 1,4,7,9,10,13,16,17,24 : GND

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[drc]

The answer is in your ribbon cable

They are not in a standard LIF size. It is impossible to use this cable for DR purpose.

I didn't say they were, or suggest that you were going to plug that cable directly into anything. Maybe you should put your "DR research engineer"ing skills to work and think of a more creative solution.

[tckin]

Yes, I think I will try to sort something out by bridging the connector. I saw the pictures before.

The difficulty of this kind of SSD drive is, a single PCB single output interface shares with two SSDs. If you turn over the PCB in the picture, there is another set of controller and memory.

I notice there are 4 pairs of differential signal instead of 2 pairs on all the connector you suggested. I think I need to figure out which 2 pairs belong to one SSD firstly.

[fzabkar]

The difficulty of this kind of SSD drive is, a single PCB single output interface shares with two SSDs. If you turn over the PCB in the picture, there is another set of controller and memory.

I notice there are 4 pairs of differential signal instead of 2 pairs on all the connector you suggested. I think I need to figure out which 2 pairs belong to one SSD firstly.

ISTM that the layout of each SATA Tx/Rx pair is obvious in this photo:
download/file.php?id=3123&mode=view

The middle two pairs go to the controller in the photo, whereas the end pairs appear to connect to the bottom controller via the plated through holes near the top left corner of the top controller. The group of 6 pins at the end of the connector are either grounds or a +3.3V supply, and probably vice versa for the adjacent 5 pins.

There needs to be a +1.8V supply for the SDRAM, but I can't identify it from the photos.

K4X1G323PD-8GC6, Samsung, SDRAM, 32M x 32, 1Gb, MMSDDDR, 1.8V, 8K refresh:
http://www.datasheetarchive.com/pdf/Dat ... 038979.pdf

[networkpc3000]

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[w1ne]

Any progress? I have the same drive and need to connect it to SATA. Maybe someone knows the pinout? Or how can I determine the pinout of this fake 25-pins SATA-LIF without burning it out ? Please, help.

[book14]

Any progress? I have the same drive and need to connect it to SATA. Maybe someone knows the pinout? Or how can I determine the pinout of this fake 25-pins SATA-LIF without burning it out ? Please, help.

PM me ,if you are still interested in this. I had one identical case before.

[NIKOSKOD22]

I also got the same problem. Anyone manage to access the SSD from a SATA connection?

[punter]

I have the same drive and a broken Sony laptop. I'd love to connect the drive up to another computer and read the contents. Anyone find a way to do this?

[aydink]

Any progress? I have the same drive and need to connect it to SATA. Maybe someone knows the pinout? Or how can I determine the pinout of this fake 25-pins SATA-LIF without burning it out ? Please, help.

PM me ,if you are still interested in this. I had one identical case before.

Hi,i have two of the same Samsung SSD and need to connect to PC,please contact me for the case aydin.kamis@gmail.com

[book14]

It is Slim USATA not LIF
pin 1 17 20 23 26 should be G
Pin 3-13 is 3.3V (try to use the 1117 to regenerate the 3.3V instead of 5V
the 18-19 21-22 is the Front Side SATA Signal
and the 24-25 27-28 is the Back Side Sata Signal.

If you connect the capacitor of the Back side , remember to reverse like the picture attached.

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[book14]

I got some PM. So I decide to put the picture.
This is for this PCB we disscussed. And the previous picture I attached is another layout.
Be sure to USE 3.3V

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[labtech]

Have one of these as well (256GB).

Any suggestions as to what NOT to do in order to avoid wasting time on such drives?

PMs are welcome if anybody feels like today is Sunday.

Thanks in advance.

[labtech]

Have one of these as well (256GB).

Any suggestions as to what NOT to do in order to avoid wasting time on such drives?

PMs are welcome if anybody feels like today is Sunday.

Thanks in advance.

Forgot to update. Was able to recover the data two days ago.
Case closed.

I appreciate the individual who sent the one PM.