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    Help! Need to replace Laptop hard drive...bought wrong one?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by GizmoMan, Oct 15, 2008.

  1. GizmoMan

    GizmoMan Newbie

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    Ok...need a bit of help here.

    My hard drive crashed in my HP DV6000 Laptop. I went to NewEgg.com and bought this drive:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148338

    When I went to put it into my laptop I found it it didn't fit. I could have swore I chose the right one...but I guess I was wrong.

    This is the harddrive that I pulled out (not my picture but the but the same type of pins):
    [​IMG] [​IMG]

    This is the one I bought and hoped replaced it with (instead of pins they are flat...like a Gameboy/Gameboy Advance game):
    [​IMG] [​IMG]

    What am I doing wrong here? This is the first time I've ventured into replacing a laptop hard drive so I must be doing something wrong.
     
    GizmoMan, Oct 15, 2008
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  2. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    the drive will still work, the sata interface only uses one face of those flat metal pieces, so the new drive will work in your laptop.
    The older generaton drives had pins exposed on both sides, but it really did not matter, the newer generation ones have the pins on the one side where it counts, so do not worry about compatibility. The new drive will work in your system.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 15, 2008
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  3. NJoy

    NJoy Няшka

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    never mind
     
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  4. GizmoMan

    GizmoMan Newbie

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    How do I make it work?

    It won't physically plug into the port o nmy laptop (my old hard drive has thin metal pins that went right into it, this one does not)
     
    GizmoMan, Oct 15, 2008
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  5. GizmoMan

    GizmoMan Newbie

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    Yeah. I have the actualy HDD in my car so I will take a picture of it shortly.
     
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  6. NJoy

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    Thin metal pins? That's not SATA but IDE
     
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  7. NJoy

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    may be, it looks like this?

    [​IMG]
     
    NJoy, Oct 15, 2008
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    nomoredell Notebook Deity

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    is there a sata connector inside the laptop?
    the hard drive you bought from newegg is correct sata.
     
    nomoredell, Oct 15, 2008
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  9. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Or is there an adaptor on the old HDD that needs to be moved over?

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Oct 15, 2008
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    WarlordOne Notebook Evangelist

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    WarlordOne, Oct 15, 2008
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  11. NJoy

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    WarlordOne resolved the problem here >.< =)))))
     
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  12. GizmoMan

    GizmoMan Newbie

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    Boy do I feel stupid. :eek:

    I just got it out of my car, read your post, and pulled off the little adapter. It now looks the same (well, I don't have the new one with me but very similar).

    Wow. Just wow, lol.

    Thanks you guys, lol.
     
    GizmoMan, Oct 15, 2008
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  13. GizmoMan

    GizmoMan Newbie

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    Can anyone recommend some RAM for me (I need 2x1GBs to fit my HP DV6000)
     
    GizmoMan, Oct 15, 2008
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