lappy drives

[ilkhan]

How do you use laptop HDDs/opticals on a desktop system? Is thre any difference besides the size?

 

[t5brick]

the hard drives are 40 pin ide + 4 pins for power. you'll have to get an adapter, but they're cheap.

i dunno about optical drives, i've never dealt with one of 'em.

 

[ilkhan]

and where would I get an adaptor? a normal IDE drive is 40 pins + 4 for adaptor...

just arrangement of pins i would suppose.

 

[gigglebyte]

I just did a google on "CD to Desktop IDE Adapter" and found THIS

 

[Ice Czar]

actually depending on the vintage of the HDD (and its laptop source)
it could be a proprietary interface

http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/if/ide/confNote.html

verify what your dealing with before you buy

1st google return query : Laptop Hard Drive Converters
http://www.cablesnmor.com/hard-drive-converter.html

 

[t5brick]

Originally posted by GLSauron
and where would I get an adaptor?

last time i looked they had them at frys.