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the op never said he was trying to put a 3.5" desktop ide drive into his
laptop. all he said was that that the connector was different on the spare
drive that he has... and that could be because of the adapter the i7000
requires to be mounted on a standard 2.5" ide laptop drive interface which
is on the currently installed drive and could be moved to the alternate
drive... certainly this adapter will not fit on a 3.5" drive so why all the
worries? lets see what he comes back with...
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:41b92eb5.14774501@nntp.charter.net...
> "Do not mix a desktop with a laptop unless you have an advanced degree in
> computer engineering, and even then, I'd only advise it as a graduate
> thesis
> project." Poetic license? An unclear statement to be sure.
>
> Sheesh! This is not rocket science. You get a 2.5" 44-pin to 3.5"
> 40-pin+4-pin
> power adapter, hook up the notebook drive to a desktop system. Now I'll
> admit
> that going the other way presents a challenge unless one wants to use a
> USB-3.5"
> adapter or enclosure to plug a 3.5" drive in externally to a notebook
> computer.
>
> ... Ben Myers
>
> On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 19:38:11 -0600, "personalpages.tds.net/~rcsilk"
> <dick_silk@antispam.gov> wrote:
>
>>"Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>>news:O6Ztd.669$ag6.96@trndny07...
>>> what are the exact model number of the drives that you are talking
>>> about.
>>> i suspect that they are both standard ide drives with the same
>>> connector.
>>> you simply need to remove and reuse the adapter that is plugged into the
>>> dead dell i7000 drive. that adapter that is plugged into the drives
>>> connector fits so tightly that it may appear to actually be part of the
>>> drive.
>>>
>>> "123" <bogus@mail.address.com> wrote in message
>>> news:r5kgr01emmrikqqd573if45tmjgmfqbn82@4ax.com...
>>>>I have a dead HD on an Inspiron 7000. I have an extra iDE hd I could
>>>>use.
>>>>The
>>>> connectors are different. I am pallning to retire it from active duty
>>>> and
>>>> use it
>>>> only for desktop use. I don't want to spend too much money and I'd
>>>> rather
>>>> solder
>>>> the wires for the connectors myself. What pin goes where?
>>
>>It is unclear if you're referring to two same-sized LAPTOP-STYLE hard
>>drives, or a laptop drive and a Desktop drive. Do not mix a desktop with
>>a
>>laptop unless you have an advanced degree in computer engineering, and
>>even
>>then, I'd only advise it as a graduate thesis project.
>>
>>With two laptop drives, they are (to my experience) all built with
>>*removable* pin assemblies. I had to rig an I2800 hdd to run on an I8200
>>laptop once, and it worked just fine. Also, I *could* rig the 8200 hdd to
>>run on the 2800, but I didn't want to go there with *my* 8200 hdd.
>>
>>
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