On 12/04/12 19:27, Damian L Brasher wrote:
Hi List
I am trying to repair my Acer One Aspire - ZG5. I think is is worth
repairing; the screen is nice and with an extra long life battery it
provides up to 8 hours wireless browsing.
The Intel PATA SSD 8GB hard drive stopped working, the memory would no
longer hold data reliably. I did some research and found that it might
be possible to replace the drive with a compact flash to 1.8" ZIF
adapter. I took a risk and purchased one from LinITX.
https://linitx.com/product/11676 I also purchased a piece of Kingston
16GB 266X compact flash. Total cost of £34.85. These are reusable if the
fix does not work.
I dissembled the netbook with the assistance of a video from YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lyKE7NoTiI this took two hours including
research and part acquisition :-/
The adapter fits inside the space where the Intel SSD was, with some
experimentation, not coaxing - there may have be a little tension upon
tightening the MB screw. This would be resolved by shaving some height
from one of the redundant risers with a small file. I re-assembled the
netbook - this took two hours :-/ and there are two screws unaccounted
for. The flash does not work, the green hdd LED is permanently on and
ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso on a USB stick cannot see a new physical
volume. The BIOS does not display a new bootable drive. I have also
either lost the BIOS password or IIRC, one may not have been supplied.
The possible causes for this failed fix are:
- CF drive is incompatible with the on-board storage controller
- CF drive is not compatible with the current BIOS
- ZIF cable is torn
- ZIF cable is in the wrong way round
- I've damaged the MB during disassemble
- screws not inside the box are responsible an electronic connection
- the on-board storage controller is broken
- tension on MB due to misplacement of the ZIF adapter upon re-assembly
Philosophically - the netbook is still worth another attempt. If this
fails altogether; the knowledge gained is worth having and sharing. The
ZIF adapter and CF will be used with one of my MiniITX boxes.
Any experience, ideas or suggestions are very welcome.
If other readers and possible meeting attendees, I'm referring to the
BaB on the 5th May, would like to join in - sit in a 'worried netbook
corner' - I'll make every effort be there with the AAO ZG5. All failing,
we could join all the carcasses together and make a Beowulf?
I also found the slot where a memory upgrade could be installed - worth
exploring too.
Best Regards
Damian
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Weird - I tried the same thing with my HP Mini. Got nowhere and
eventually ordered a replacement HDD, my head still says it was just the
ZIF cable being "pinned out" wrong or just like you said the wrong way
round.
If you win let me know :)
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