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| 1372866 | 2014-04-16 05:20:00 | I’ve just inherited a 60GB, solid State, 2.5” SATA drive, that I thought I might put in my old Acer Aspire 3000, which only has a 40GB IDE drive. OK, an adaptor in necessary, and I see they are available overseas, but I thought I’d see if anyone had actually done this and was it successful? Physically, things would be very, very, tight and a bit of “Chop and Channelling” may be necessary. But, given the age and condition of the laptop I’m not too worried if disaster strikes. It’s all about the challenge. ;) Anyway, any thoughts will be appreciated. :thanks |
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| 1372867 | 2014-04-17 05:20:00 | www.trademe.co.nz r&rptpath=all&type=Search&searchType=all&generalSearch_keypresses=6&generalSearch_suggested=1 | Cato (6936) | ||
| 1372868 | 2014-04-17 06:04:00 | www.trademe.co.nz r&rptpath=all&type=Search&searchType=all&generalSearch_keypresses=6&generalSearch_suggested=1 Thanks Cato, I've gone with this one so we'll see what happens. :) 5680 |
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| 1372869 | 2014-04-17 08:10:00 | I would be surprised if it fits... not only do you need something to convert from SATA to IDE you will likely also need to convert from 0.1" pin-pitch IDE connector on the adapter to the smaller size used on laptop drives. Fitting that all in there and having it all line up will be interesting to say the least. Also where are you going to get the power from for the SATA to IDE converter? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1372870 | 2014-04-17 08:47:00 | Yeah usually they add too much extra length to the HDD to fit. In a Desktop that would work, bit laptop will be too spaces constrained I think :-( | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1372871 | 2014-04-17 09:54:00 | As per my first post I too have my doubts and expect a space problem. ;) I guess the power comes from the same place as for an ordinary 2.5” IDE laptop drive? Will be interesting, but I had hoped someone else on here was the trail blazer. :) |
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| 1372872 | 2014-04-17 10:06:00 | The thing is those SATA\IDE adapters are invariably designed for desktops and desktop drives so they assume you have a spare power connector from your PSU. Not so in a laptop. You could tap the power from the laptop's HDD power connector but that could prove tricky if you have not done such a thing before. |
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