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    Hard Drive ATA connection

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Turley, Nov 25, 2008.

  1. Turley

    Turley Newbie

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    I'm trying to install a laptop hard drive into an enclosure. The last time I tried to do this, it was an SATA connection. I couldn't figure out how to fit the hard drive into the enclosure, so I posted here and someone told me that the reason it didn't work was that there was an adaptor piece over the pins and I could slide that piece off and make it fit. And that worked just great.

    Now, I'm trying to help my friend with a similar problem, but this time hard drive has an ATA connection and the little adaptor piece doesn't seem to slide off as easily. I'm afraid to force it too much because I'm afraid of breaking it. Is there a trick to this?

    Thanks!
     
    Turley, Nov 25, 2008
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  2. jisaac

    jisaac Notebook Deity

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    post a picture of the end of the hd
     
    jisaac, Nov 25, 2008
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  3. Turley

    Turley Newbie

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    I've put a picture of the hard drive on photo bucket, but it looks like I'm only allowed to post URLs to other sites after I have made 15 posts or more.

    But the image is here:

    s437.photobucket.com/albums/qq95/Turley824/?action=view&current=MarinHD.jpg

    If you want to just copy and paste that into your browser.

    Thanks.
     
    Turley, Nov 25, 2008
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  4. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Thats a SATA HDD. Whats the full model no. of the HDD ?
     
    Andy, Nov 25, 2008
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  5. Turley

    Turley Newbie

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    MHY212OBH

    So I just have the wrong kind of enclosure then?
     
    Turley, Nov 25, 2008
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    yes you need a sata enclosure
     
    jisaac, Nov 25, 2008
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  7. Michel.K

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    In the topic it sounds like you're describing a PATA HDD and not SATA, when removing that thingy, SATA doesn't have that :) And now you're just trying to connect a SATA drive to a PATA enclosure..
    Think you got confused about which is which :)
     
    Michel.K, Nov 25, 2008
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