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Acer laptop USB cable

Discussion in 'Acer' started by Peter Lanky, Aug 1, 2010.

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I have just removed a hard drive from an Acer laptop (5672WLMi). However, under the hard drive is a copper coloured flat cable which was partially stuck to the drive by a small black pad (I don't think it was meant to stick) and on removing the drive, this cable was pulled away from the laptop. Googling the part number, I am led to believe it is a USB cable of some kind, but nothing on how it actually connects. Try as I may, I cannot see any place where this cable should connect to. Can anyone help please? The part no. of the cable is DD0ZB1TH409.

Peter Lanky, Aug 1, 2010

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A couple of possibilites, it could have accidently got stuck to the HDD and wasn't spotted when the HDD was replaced.

It could also have been used as a spacer, my HDDs have businees cards stuck to them to make the cover grip them tightly and stop them moving around.

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I had considered that option, but now I've got the laptop working again, the 2 USB ports close to the hard drive are not working, so it would appear that the cable does belong somewhere in that location.

Peter Lanky, Aug 2, 2010

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