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All Systems Go

23 Oct 2008 19:21

Ide?

I had a HP Pavillion ZV5000 laptop. After three years of pertty much continual use power unit burnt out.

This is very expensive to fix.

So I've taken out the hard disk and bought (as advised by a man in a PC shop on Tottenham Court Road) a 2.5" IDE case to put it in.

The connector doesn't seem to fit.

A couple of hours ago I got this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fujitsu Technical Support

The MHT2040AT PL model supports IDE, please feel free to visit our Web Site link below for more information.

Regards,

Andre Martell
Hotline Technical Support
FUJITSU EUROPE LIMITED. Hayes Park Central,

It looks like this (only 40Gb model) and it doesn't look like the SATA images I've seen today.

This is the case.

It is 40Gb and HP give this Spare Part Number: 350210-001

Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

Phil^

24 Oct 2008 09:41

Re: Ide?

is the connector for the drive case smaller than that on the drive itself, or the other way around?
They should both be long blocks with lots of pins/holes
Looking at the image it looks like you have a 3.5" sized ide interface on the drive itself which is a bit unusual.
This being the case you will either need a 3.5"->2.5" IDE adaptor, or a 3.5" drive caddy, or you could just simply plug that drive into your PC with a regular ide cable without any need for a drive caddy in the first place

[DW]Entropy

24 Oct 2008 10:19

Re: Ide?

I'd have just slaved it to my PC, like Phil suggested. The IDE adaptors aren't cheap (about £25). Stupid question..but have you got the IDE connector upside down?

All Systems Go

24 Oct 2008 10:47

Re: Ide?

I'll get a picture later, but basically. The drive connectors look like ||||||||||||

The connector looks like
:::::::::::

[DW]Entropy

24 Oct 2008 12:54

Re: Ide?

ok..theres this as well in case you dont want an enclosure

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nexons-SATA-...bxgy_ce_text_b

All Systems Go

24 Oct 2008 13:02

Re: Ide?

It wasn't in the original thread, but this is the connector on the case. My hard disk simply doesn't have the connectors to go into it.

Phil^

24 Oct 2008 13:32

Re: Ide?

Quote:

Originally Posted by All Systems Go (Post 3157668)

It wasn't in the original thread, but this is the connector on the case. My hard disk simply doesn't have the connectors to go into it.

do you have a closeup of the connectors on the drive?

[DW]Entropy

24 Oct 2008 13:39

Re: Ide?

you're saying that case connector doesnt fit the picture you showed? they look like they could spoon they're so identical

Case

Drive

Phil^

24 Oct 2008 13:41

Re: Ide?

make sure you arent slotting the drive in upside down

All Systems Go

25 Oct 2008 08:58

Re: Ide?

Thanks, but I finally managed to get it right. There was an adaptor on the connectors on the hard disk. Took it off and itworked fine. :up:

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