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    HP Hard Drive Replacement

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Fluue, Jan 30, 2009.

  1. Fluue

    Fluue Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alright, so I've been working on this all afternoon.

    I bought a hard drive ( Seagate 320GB SATA 2.5") intending to upgrade my storage space which is currently 160gb. I checked to see if the drive was compatible (the drive my HP dv6500t shipped with was a Toshiba MK1637GSX) and I had figured it was since both were SATA.

    The hard drive arrived today. I decided that before I begin putting my drive image on the new drive that I check to see if it'll fit. I open it up and take the drive out and to my surprise I see that the drive that was inside the laptop had some kind of pin-connectors. The Seagate laptop did not. I took off the caddy that was holding the hard drive, but I noticed that the pin connectors were a part of the hard drive itself.

    So this has left me rather perplexed. I looked online and found caddies and SATA connectors for a dv6000 laptop but they were going for around $35.

    Is this normal or am I just missing something here? Should I have ordered a different drive?

    My laptop is a Pavilion dv6500t purchased October, 2007.
     
    Fluue, Jan 30, 2009
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  2. andyasselin

    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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  3. Fluue

    Fluue Notebook Enthusiast

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    Fluue, The part of your hard drive with the pins is an adaptor. It should pull off, and plug into your new drive.

    I just replaced both drives in my DV9500T, and it should be the same set up as your DV6500T
     
    walterdt3, Jan 31, 2009
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    Ardroth Notebook Consultant

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    The stock hard drive has removable pin connectors. Just give it a good pull from the sides and it should come out. Then put the pin connector on to the new drive and install it. Don't worry, it took me a few minutes to figure that out myself when I first replaced the SATA drive in mine ;)
     
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  6. Fluue

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    Thanks everyone, I was able to remove the connector and everything is running well now!
     
    Fluue, Jan 31, 2009
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