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| Thread ID: 53282 | 2005-01-13 01:35:00 | Anyone use a 2.5" to 3.5" IDE Drive Adaptor? | Kame (312) | Press F1 |
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| 313410 | 2005-01-13 01:35:00 | Hi, Just wondering if anyone has used this adaptor and it's been successful, it's to convert a 44pin IDE Laptop Hard Drive so that it can be used on a 40pin desktop PC. I'm not sure what to expect, whether my bios can detect this sort of drive or whether I have to manually set drive parameters. So far auto-detect hasn't worked, I just have to search and see if I can find the drive parameters. The hard drive maybe faulty, which is what I'm trying to determine. I know the cable is connected correctly because the drive has power and spins. I currently lent my laptop out to my girlfriend while she's down south so I couldn't test it in there, which is why I bought this adapter to try. Thanks in advance, KK |
Kame (312) | ||
| 313411 | 2005-01-13 02:24:00 | It's IDE, just like normal IDE but smaller. In other words, it's a small IDE drive with a different connector BUT same interface. So it will be detected in every same way that a 3.5" drive is. 44 pins = 40 pin IDE + 4 pin power :) |
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| 313412 | 2005-01-13 02:36:00 | Bought one from DSE, used it, worked perfectly, is still in use in a friends system. Well worth the money to reuse the drive in a normal desktop PC. Replacement Laptop HDD's aren't too expensive nowdays. You shouldn't have to change anything in the BIOS. |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 313413 | 2005-01-13 04:10:00 | You wouldn't imagine what lengths I went to, to get this from DSE . Their online store had none, the places listed were far away from me . There was only 1 left at the store I went to, also was interested in a Multifunction Printer and they said they showed 1 in stock yet they couldn't find it, they told me of other stores that had it, I told them if they could ring to find out . They rang and discovered they didn't have it either . Then they suggested they could order one in, in which I would need to pay a 10% deposit . I thought since they were showing 1, shouldn't they have 1 in stock to replace the missing one? I told them I wouldn't ask them to order it in as if I was going to order one, I'd probably get it through the online store and have them deliver it to me or a store closer to me . Although I know a place that's selling it way cheaper than they are and I'm not so certain whether they'd want to match the price . Glad they still had the adaptor instock, else I might have been better going down south and getting my laptop . KK |
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