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| Thread ID: 90645 | 2008-06-11 04:42:00 | 2.5" HDD Connectors?? | pctek (84) | Press F1 |
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| 677489 | 2008-06-11 04:42:00 | Customer came in with a suspected dead 2.5" IDE Fujitsu, yep, sure was dead. It had a connector on it, to connect into the laptop bay. Can't remember but I think it was male to male. Anyway he bought a 2.5" Seagate and went away, then rang me today to say his connector won't fit onto the Seagate. Now I've seen a few, they all seem pretty standard to me, he says there's some kind of plastic bit interferring in the fit. You know of such a thing? They're all standard aren't they? He hasn't been able to come back yet - he's a rural vet so finding a time is tricky. Meanwhile I've been googling but I don't know what you call those connector bits. I have no idea what brand laptop he had. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 677490 | 2008-06-11 04:46:00 | Yep, my Dell has a little plastic/copper connector that sits on the pins at the end of the HD and goes into the lappy, wher the other end connects. I *think* it's to keep the pins on both ends from getting damaged. IIRC when looked at from the end it looks like a +, so it's male-to-male, yes. I google-imaged "dell laptop hard disk adaptor" and found the image below bixnet.net |
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| 677491 | 2008-06-11 09:07:00 | Should be a standard connection. You sure he didn't buy a SATA drive? | stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 677492 | 2008-06-11 09:34:00 | As far As I know theres only Two, IDE or SATA, there is an adapter on some that plug in like jwil1 Mentioned and showed a pic. Sure he hasn't got it upside down ? There is a Blank on one of the rows of pins so it cant be installed the wrong way, with a corresponding blank on the connection. If the adapter wont fit, the blank could be the "some kind of plastic bit interfering in the fit." |
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