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    HELP! no connector pins on 2.5" Laptop HDD!?!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cmd101, Feb 16, 2009.

  1. cmd101

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    Hey guys my laptop recently died, so i took out the 2.5 inch hdd intending to buy an external hdd enclosure so i could hook it up to another computer. When i opened up the enclosure i realized it had a 20 pin hookup, however my hdd had no pins only plastic connectors which look more like an SD card connection or something like that. It is a 7200 RPM Samsung 80gb. What kind of connection is that and where can i find an enclosure that fits it? Thanks for any help
     
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Your computer has a PATA hard drive. You bought an enclosure with a SATA hard drive. You need to get a PATA hard drive if you want it to work in your computer.
     
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    and if it isn't what is mentioned above, ensure that it is not some sort of proprietary adapter on the HDD pinouts (though it does sound like an SATA drive)
     
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    Then it's SATA.

    You can easily hook it up to a desktop computer with ordinary SATA-cables like the ordinary 3.5" SATA harddrives as they have the exact same connectors.
     
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    i don't have a desktop, and i can't find anywhere online an enclosure that has a card edge connector like the one in the pictures.
     
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    To me it sounds like his current enclosure is of PATA type :)

    Otherwise your choice is the way to go.


     
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  10. Commander Wolf

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    Oh whoops, ya you're right; I can't read.

    Nonetheless, those PATA to USB adapters usually support PATA and SATA, so it'll still work, you just hafta find one that does both.
     
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    yeah sorry about the confusion the enclosure i bought was PATA (pins), but my hdd is SATA, so that makes things easier in terms of finding an enclosure, thanks!
     
    cmd101, Feb 16, 2009
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