SATA interface of 2009 MBA?

[Thiol]

Hi all. I know the answer to this question for the earlier MBA models, but I'm not certain about the one release at WWDC 2009. What is kind of SATA connection does it have? I'm trying to find SSDs that are compatible...

 

[borrachoruso]

Hi all. I know the answer to this question for the earlier MBA models, but I'm not certain about the one release at WWDC 2009. What is kind of SATA connection does it have? I'm trying to find SSDs that are compatible...

If it's helpful, this is what i found in "about this mac" on 2009 mba:

Serial-ATA:

NVidia MCP79 AHCI:

Vendor: NVidia
Product: MCP79 AHCI
Speed: 3 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported

APPLE SSD SM128:

Capacity: 113 GB
Model: APPLE SSD SM128
Revision: VAM0BA1Q
Serial Number: SE922AXXXX
Native Command Queuing: No
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 112.68 GB
Available: 68.53 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /

 

[stoconnell]

Hi all. I know the answer to this question for the earlier MBA models, but I'm not certain about the one release at WWDC 2009. What is kind of SATA connection does it have? I'm trying to find SSDs that are compatible...

I would assume since there was very little change from the so-called Rev Bs (Late 2008) to the 2009 model, and the SSD is the same capacity, etc that it uses the same SATA LIF interface as the Rev B, which means there are no immediately compatible SSDs but there are some hacks which involve soldering ribbon cables. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

My drive on a Rev B shows up in system_profiler as:

APPLE SSD SM128:

Capacity: 113 GB
Model: APPLE SSD SM128
Revision: VAM0BA1Q

 

[Thiol]

I would assume since there was very little change from the so-called Rev Bs (Late 2008) to the 2009 model, and the SSD is the same capacity, etc that it uses the same SATA LIF interface as the Rev B, which means there are no immediately compatible SSDs but there are some hacks which involve soldering ribbon cables. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

That would be a bummer. That LIF interface just annoys me. I wonder if it was required by Samsumg...