Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:28:15 +0000 From: Dan Piponi <0x7ff0000e@sigfpe.com> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop Hard Drives Message-ID: <20000721092815.A5467@mobiledan.mvfx.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0007210907250.25475-100000@shell1.aracnet.com>; from hamellr@aracnet.com on Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 09:08:12AM -0700 References: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10007210836210.13850-100000@emily.oit.umass.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0007210907250.25475-100000@shell1.aracnet.com>
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> > drive saying it's good for desktops too. Is it possible to use a > > laptop drive in a desktop? I looked at my laptop hard drive once > > before, and it seemed to me that the power supply cord was somehow > > incorporated into the ribbon cable. > > They make adapters for just that purpose. :) Just received one in the mail. You get a metal bracket that brings the drive up to full size and a little pcb adapter that splits the ide connector into a full size ide connector and a normal power connector. It cost about $8.00 from buy.com. -- Dan Piponi, Head of R&D, Manex Visual Effects To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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