KingSpec Yansen 128GB 1.8" ZIF 40-pin SSD, MLC Flash Internal Solid State Drive for Compact PC/Old Laptop/Media Player

I couldn't be happier with this product so far! I replaced my busted Zune 30gb HDD with this 128gb SSD and it worked perfectly and fit within the original Zune's metal casing for storage. It took a total of 20 mins to disassemble and replace. I wish I had this ability 20 years ago when I was using this thing on the daily. I can't speak to lifespan yet, as it's only been a week of use. But so far, I am very pleased with the product.

I bought this drive to upgrade my old iPod Classic. I am very happy because it fits and works perfectly with no modifications or adapters required which is what I wanted. The price is right too. It costs about the same compared to buying and SD card adapter along with SD card. I noticed that it loads music faster compared to the original hard drive. I also like that I have more than double the original space which was only 30GB. Important note: If using in an iPod make sure you have the proper opening tools as disassembly can be difficult because iPod is very delicate. After that it is plug and play, when you plug it into the computer iTunes will detect that the iPod will need to be formatted. Once it restores the software it will work normal.

I haven't benchmarked it or anything since I doubt I could give accurate results in the crappy UMPC I installed it in, but here's my experience with it after one day: I installed it in my HTC Shift, restored an image of windows 8 to it, and now my shift is running 100x faster. That old stock HDD was really a terrible, terrible bottleneck (and only ~32GB!). I'll update my review if this SSD fails on me any time soon. All I wanted out of this was for it to be a bit faster than the stock HDD (it's a lot faster!), no moving parts, and more space. I am very satisfied thus far. A note for HTC Shift owners, Windows 8 uses significantly less RAM than 7. If you're looking to increase performance on the shift, buying that overpriced 2GB RAM module is COMPLETELY unnecessary. I have 8 Pro running on it, and with the stock 1GB of ram, only 50% is in use after boot, and I've never seen it go higher than 70%. If you put 8 on it (and honestly, you should because 8 runs faster than 7, is more touch friendly, lighter on RAM and CPU usage, better in just about every way, etc), adding another GB of RAM is not going to increase your performance at all. It will literally do NOTHING. You're constrained by the 800MHz processor and the slow HDD- even with this SSD, anything that might possibly use the extra GB of RAM is going to run like s*** with or without it. Better to just rely on the SSD and pagefile.

I bought one of these to upgrade the Hitachi HDD in my iRiver H10 ... an old music player, long in the tooth, but great with Rockbox and an bump-up on the stock 20GB. The first issue I ran across was that the ZIF cable already in the iRiver would not fit into this device. It simply would not go in. ZIF is supposed to mean Zero Insertion Force, but after pressing and pressing, it would not go in the Kingspec. I bought some replacement ZIF 40 pin cables, brand new, and just as slim as the cable already in the iRiver. No go. After all of this finegeling with cables and such, I broke off part of the plastic tab at the front of the ZIF port on the drive. (see photo with the exposed pins) I may have bricked it, unless I can figure out a way to repair. But given the troubles I've had trying to slide a simple little ZIF cable into this drive, I have to conclude this is NOT a ZIF drive.

I have an Ipod Classic 160GB which had the original HDD die. If you love your Ipod with lots of storage space, then this is a great upgrade or repair. I did this repair over two years ago and the drive is still working great. Although you have less drive capacity, the two big benefits to using this SSD are 1) fast access/seek time and 2) Longer battery life.

This was installed in a 120Gb ZUNE player & worked great for 3 months. Just enough to get past the return time. Now it's dead. I'm trying to find another brand as this certainly did not last. Quality control must not be awake. Learned a $80.00 lesson. Not even going to ask about a replacement. UPDATE 9-5-2022: KingSpec read my review of my defective SSD & REPLACED IT under their Guarantee without a complaint from me. VERY NICE company to deal with. This is about my 4th 128 Gb SSD drive in my ZUNE players with usually no problems at all. Except this one & It is now fixed. I do recommend these SSD's as they are very reliable normally. THANKS KINGSPEC !

Felt like a DIY project and decided to attempt to upgrade my HP MINI 1000 netbook and replace it's crappy and slow 16 GB SSD drive with this drive. I wasn't for certain it would work, but after some googling decided to give it a try. Once I got the ZIF cable going the right way, this drive made a HUGE HUGE difference in the speed of the mini. Windows 7 rated it a 5.9 making it the fastest thing rated in the netbook. I am very pleased with the performance of this drive. The unit shipped USPS and required a signiture which caused a bunch of commotion because the post office tried to deliver it to the wrong house and I had to go pick it up because of the post office mistate --> I took off one star because it should have been shipped fedex or ups!! Also there are zippo instructions in the box - just a warranty card, the drive and the ZIF Flex. I had to do some guessing as to which way to put the flex in - got it right on the third try. Overall very nice and fast unit and worked great in the HP MINI 1000. FAST and no more worries about running out of space on the netbook. AMAZON if you are lisiting, stop sending things USPS --> I hate it when you do that! :)

Fits the Zune 30, I removed the SSD case because of the bigger battery I had

Lo use para revivir una MacBook air de primera generación y la verdad es una muy buena opcion para estos equipos.

A sauvé mon MacBook Air avec son vieux disque qui n'en pouvait plus. Rapide, silencieux et ne consommant peu, ce disque a donné un second souffle à mon vieux MacBook et m'a economisé l'achat d'un nouvel ordi.

Disque dur SSD bien reçu fonctionne très très bien il s’adapte très bien à l’emplacement prévu livraison parfaite

Recibido muy rápido desde Irlanda (en 5 días con un fin de semana en medio). Bien empaquetado en un sobre con protección. He ampliado un portátil Asus U1E del año 2007 que tenía un lentisimo disco duro Toshiba de 100GB 4200rpm que era cuello de botella para el resto de componentes y hacía que todo fuese muy lento y sobrecargado. El cambio ha sido como de la noche al día. La instalación muy simple, quitar dos tornillos, sacar el disco antiguo (TOSHIBA 1,8" MK1011GAH 100gb) y conectar este. Para quitar el disco antiguo hay que mover una tira negra de plástico que hace de enganche con el conector. Después hay que hacer lo mismo a la inversa con el nuevo para conectarlo. Lo detecta al arrancar directamente en DMA Mode 6 (el antiguo lo detectaba en DMA 5) y la velocidad del SSD es muy buena para las limitaciones del conector y la antigüedad del equipo. A parte he puesto otro GB extra (3GB en total) y Windows 8.1 Update 1 64 bits.