Question How to interface a PC to this notebook drive?

[brucemc777]

Wow this is embarrassing. I started on a Commadore 64 and was pretty much a "goto" person for anyone who had a computer. Then like someone asleep at the station, the tech train just flew by me around the year 2000...

I am going to try to post a picture of the drive in question, but y'all probably already know what the interface on it is. I want to connect it to one of the cabled internal connections in my Dell Precision 3650. What do i need to order (probably from Amazon) to make them talk?

The reason is it came from an old destroyed family laptop and i'ld like to recover anything possibly memorable.

Many thanks to you folks that are on the train and know what you are doing!

 

[USAFRet]

Use a different image host.
Your pics can't be seen.

imgur.com, and post the links here.

 

[brucemc777]

 

[brucemc777]

progress...

 

[COLGeek]

Looks like an adapter on an older IDE drive. That should just pull off.

 

[USAFRet]

Looks like an adapter on an older IDE drive. That should just pull off.

Agreed.

That black thing with the pins is an adapter interface to the laptop.

Either pull off, or remove some screws to expose the actual connection

 

[USAFRet]

Based on part number, this IDE drive:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/201513534499

 

[USAFRet]

Assuming IDE drive, this USB adapter should work:
https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-FIDECO-Drive-Cable-Universal/dp/B0919N4XNW

 

[brucemc777]

Yes!

And THANK YOU!!!

 

[Misgar]

Be very careful when plugging the IDE drive into the 44-pin PATA socket on an adapter. The +5V supply rails are fed into two pins, near one end of the drive interface.

If the adapter isn't "keyed" at pin 20 to prevent reverse correction, you could end up feeding +5V into pins 3 and 4 by mistake, then magic smoke will appear.

On the diagram below,+5V is fed in on pin 41 (Logic) and pin 42 (Motor).

 

[brucemc777]

Be very careful when plugging the IDE drive into the 44-pin PATA socket on an adapter. The +5V supply rails are fed into two pins, near one end of the drive interface.

If the adapter isn't "keyed" at pin 20 to prevent reverse correction, you could end up feeding +5V into pins 3 and 4 by mistake, then magic smoke will appear.

On the diagram below,+5V is fed in on pin 41 (Logic) and pin 42 (Motor).

THANK YOU!!!
Have a great weekend-