An infrequent blog about... well, mostly about his EeePC but also about other stuff.
Sunday, May 20
Carefully optimistic
EeeUser is back up and running - and Ant (the owner/admin) have given an explanation for why it has been down. I'm not going to pop any champagne, but I'm happy to see the place back up.
Site will be down periodically, Ant suspects a server side issue but it's unknown whether he can fix it.
So for now the site will go down every now and then and we'll have to wait, up to a day or two, for Ant to reboot it and there's no telling when it'll go down again.
WW: I need help. Can you explain the flash_con port for me? I know it's a mini pcie connector but the pinout is different so that it supports ssds at sata/pata.
Reason why I ask is because I ordered a kingspec 8gb ssd thinking it would work because the ad stated so, but it turns out that it is mSATA instead and of course, doesn't work.
when ordering an ssd, it should state that it is mini pcie and eee pc 701 compatible correct? All of the ads I see on eBay for the kingspec state they are mini pcie compatible, and that the card works in ports that have "signals for sata" (that's what the ad says) hence the mini pcie, but upon closer inspection all of the cards have mSATA stamped on the pcb. Trying to work it out with the seller now.
Sorry AFX, the workings of the flash_con port is a mystery to me. EeeUser seems to be up right now though, so a quick search of the forums might yield some clues. I suggest staring in the Hacks and Mods subforum.
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down again? cant get to it
Site will be down periodically, Ant suspects a server side issue but it's unknown whether he can fix it.
So for now the site will go down every now and then and we'll have to wait, up to a day or two, for Ant to reboot it and there's no telling when it'll go down again.
WW: I need help. Can you explain the flash_con port for me? I know it's a mini pcie connector but the pinout is different so that it supports ssds at sata/pata.
Reason why I ask is because I ordered a kingspec 8gb ssd thinking it would work because the ad stated so, but it turns out that it is mSATA instead and of course, doesn't work.
when ordering an ssd, it should state that it is mini pcie and eee pc 701 compatible correct? All of the ads I see on eBay for the kingspec state they are mini pcie compatible, and that the card works in ports that have "signals for sata" (that's what the ad says) hence the mini pcie, but upon closer inspection all of the cards have mSATA stamped on the pcb. Trying to work it out with the seller now.
Sorry AFX, the workings of the flash_con port is a mystery to me. EeeUser seems to be up right now though, so a quick search of the forums might yield some clues. I suggest staring in the Hacks and Mods subforum.
Site seems down again, looks like this is going to be the norm... Anyone have any suggestions for a back up message board?
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