| Walt Mankowski on 19 Dec 2009 18:59:16 -0800 |
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On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 09:50:11PM -0500, Casey Bralla wrote: > Laptop drives have 50 pins and a slightly different connector scheme. You can > buy an adapter connector for a couple of bucks to make them work. You can't > just plug them in to a normal 40-pin IDE connector and let the extra pins > dangle. The larger connector also supplied power to the drive. Well, it's getting power from somewhere with just 44 pins, since I can hear it spin up and click while the USB cable's connected, and spin down when I unplug it. That's good to know, though. Thanks. > I have one of these adapters and would be willing to loan it to you if you > want to brave the blizzard. I'm in West Grove, PA. Also, Radio Shaft may > sell them. I bought one on-line several years ago when I was trying to revive > my laptop drive. <sigh> (it never came back to life, BTW) Thanks, but it's been dead for a couple of weeks now, so another few days won't matter. Chances are they'll sell it at Microcenter, too, and that's just down the road from me. But if I can't find it there, I may take you up on your offer... :) Walt Attachment:
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