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Old 11-07-2007, 12:32 AM
Alobar Alobar is offline
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Default simple laptop HD question (with pic!)

So my girlfriends POS compaq laptop hard drive tanked out, so I was just going to replace it. When I pulled out the hard drive it says its an AT drive, however when I look online for replacement drives, all I see are ATA drives...Is that the same thing? Here is a pic of the connecting pins on the drive



I cant find a single AT laptop drive online, but I cant see a pic of the pins on an ATA drive to know if they are the same, because I remember them being a male connector and this POS is a female plug......im soooo confused, can anyone help?? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]


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Old 11-07-2007, 12:56 AM
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Default Re: simple laptop HD question (with pic!)

It is the same thing. Your laptop has a black piece that is hiding the pins. You will need to take that piece off and put it on your new laptop hard drive.

It is sometimes in there pretty tight and you have to jiggle it out.
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Old 11-07-2007, 01:07 AM
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Default Re: simple laptop HD question (with pic!)

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It is the same thing. Your laptop has a black piece that is hiding the pins. You will need to take that piece off and put it on your new laptop hard drive.

It is sometimes in there pretty tight and you have to jiggle it out.

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awesome, Thanks a ton plool!
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Old 11-07-2007, 06:22 AM
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Default Re: simple laptop HD question (with pic!)

Your avatar is very suggestive imo. And yes it is the same thing [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 11-07-2007, 09:59 AM
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Default Re: simple laptop HD question (with pic!)

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Your avatar is very suggestive imo.

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And yet very subtle. "What? You can't have a woman's face? How is that not safe for work?"

I've always been a fan.
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