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Finally, I suspect that the 128GB SSD is actually a 128GB eMMc. Translation: have your 500/512GB 'actual' SSD ready to install when you go inside the case.
If you take the plung, please do your SD compadres a solid and report back to us.
Hope this helps.
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Finally, I suspect that the 128GB SSD is actually a 128GB eMMc. Translation: have your 500/512GB 'actual' SSD ready to install when you go inside the case.
If you take the plung, please do your SD compadres a solid and report back to us.
Hope this helps.
1. Base on compatibility chart, looks like 2 drivers will be needed: Audio & USB 4.
2. The (apparent) no-cost alternative is DIY driver download and build (potentially not be for the faint of heart).
The obvious proposition: is this IP5 worth the 2x$10 for drivers and $35 for the SSD and the potential chromebook-to-Win11 conversion hassles?
I would say yes for a linux distro conversion, but Win11? I think I would pass.
Anyway, again, great feedback. Coolcoder now has enough leads to do some good how-to investigation.
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Finally, I suspect that the 128GB SSD is actually a 128GB eMMc. Translation: have your 500/512GB 'actual' SSD ready to install when you go inside the case.
If you take the plung, please do your SD compadres a solid and report back to us.
Hope this helps.
https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeos...cabl
It worked for me on the first try. I'm currently waiting for my SSD to arrive through aliexpress. I was able to purchase a 256 GB 2242 SSD with 500mb/s write & read speeds for 10 USD through a new user promotion.
Currently I'm using a Linux live distro running through a USB stick, I have 0 issues with the keyboard mapping but backlight does not work, nor does audio. Audio can be fixed with a free driver on linux based systems, however this does not work on live distributions and must be installed on a SSD aswell.
I also was not able to have the emmc detected during the windows installation. I suspect this has to do with the make of the emmc as I took it out and put it in my desktop hoping to format it, unfortunately it still was not detected.
Hope this helps someone. Gluck
https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeos...cable_for/ [reddit.com]
It worked for me on the first try. I'm currently waiting for my SSD to arrive through aliexpress. I was able to purchase a 2242 SSD with 500mb/s write & read speeds for 10 USD through a new user promotion.
Currently I'm using a Linux live distro running through a USB stick, I have 0 issues with the keyboard mapping but backlight does not work, nor does audio. Audio can be fixed with a free driver on linux based systems, however this does not work on live distributions and must be installed on a SSD aswell.
I also was not able to have the emmc detected during the windows installation. I suspect this has to do with the make of the emmc as I took it out and put it in my desktop hoping to format it, unfortunately it still was not detected.
Hope this helps someone. Gluck
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1. Base on compatibility chart, looks like 2 drivers will be needed: Audio & USB 4.
2. The (apparent) no-cost alternative is DIY driver download and build (potentially not be for the faint of heart).
The obvious proposition: is this IP5 worth the 2x$10 for drivers and $35 for the SSD and the potential chromebook-to-Win11 conversion hassles?
I would say yes for a linux distro conversion, but Win11? I think I would pass.
Anyway, again, great feedback. Coolcoder now has enough leads to do some good how-to investigation.
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