Is this good for the wiikey?

[moyakong]

http://dx.com/p/ce-zif-to-1-8-ide-hard- ... card-20294

Do you guys think this works? Because is really cheap!
Thank you!

 

[DuHasst0]

What are you using this for?

 

[moyakong]

To replace this: http://ca.mouser.com/Search/m_ProductDe ... 0ZnMgP1fY=

 

[megalomaniac]

if you know how to follow the traces, cut traces, and jump traces, it will work perfect
if you have no clue what i just said above, then you might want to think twice
since you even had to ask if it will work, then you might want to think twice


if you zoom in on the pic and look at the first 3 pins on the right:
lets pretend those are pins 1, 2, 3 of the WKF
where does pin 1 go?
what do you see happening with pin 2 and 3?


and on left side, lets pretend you want to use those as pin 32, 31, 30:
what starts to happen around pin 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17?
if you are not sure, you might want to think twice...

 

[moyakong]

I think ill think twice hehheheh.
Isthere another place than newheaven that is actually cheaper?

 

[megalomaniac]

cheaper, dunno....
but for the cost its not a bad option....still might provide some headache...but not compared to the headaches if you would have got that zif adapter

at least with the newhaven adapter the most headache you will get will be from long wires or broken wires or bad solder joints or incorrectly wired or incorrectly inserted ffc cable...or a combination of all which is really fun