I've got an old CF-51 at work that I've been doing upgrades to as a hobby project.
I already successfully did a CPU upgrade ($5.50 on eBay for an extra 35% speed ain't bad), and since the hard drive is going I figured I'd try for an SSD upgrade on the cheap.
Rather than getting an IDE SSD, I went with a good SanDisk mSATA SSD paired with a well-rated mSATA to IDE adapter. If I'd realized SATA to IDE 5.25" caddies were available so cheap, I'd probably have gone with one of those to start,...
CF-51: mSATA to IDE adapter recognized by BIOS, but won't boot
I already successfully did a CPU upgrade ($5.50 on eBay for an extra 35% speed ain't bad), and since the hard drive is going I figured I'd try for an SSD upgrade on the cheap.
Rather than getting an IDE SSD, I went with a good SanDisk mSATA SSD paired with a well-rated mSATA to IDE adapter. If I'd realized SATA to IDE 5.25" caddies were available so cheap, I'd probably have gone with one of those to start,...
CF-51: mSATA to IDE adapter recognized by BIOS, but won't boot