27 Feb 2007 at 19:35 #1 frogboy frogboy Associate Joined 11 May 2004 Posts 516 I know there are adapters for 2.5" IDE hard drives, so you can put them in a desktop PC, but what about 2.5" SATA HD's? I can't find any adapters for these and I can't work out how I would connect it.. Last edited: 27 Feb 2007
I know there are adapters for 2.5" IDE hard drives, so you can put them in a desktop PC, but what about 2.5" SATA HD's? I can't find any adapters for these and I can't work out how I would connect it..
27 Feb 2007 at 19:37 #2 tom_e tom_e Man of Honour Joined 26 Dec 2003 Posts 31,393 Location Shropshire im not even sure if the SATA connectors are different for desktop and laptop but dont quote me on that
im not even sure if the SATA connectors are different for desktop and laptop but dont quote me on that
27 Feb 2007 at 20:02 #3 meansizzler meansizzler Associate Joined 20 Jul 2006 Posts 524 HI, I think the laptop sata drives use regualr sata power+sata data connections...
27 Feb 2007 at 21:00 #4 rpstewart rpstewart Man of Honour Joined 11 Mar 2003 Posts 10,706 Location Greenock, Scotland meansizzler said: HI, I think the laptop sata drives use regualr sata power+sata data connections... Click to expand... Yup, SATA is SATA regardless of whether it's a 3.5" or 2.5"HDD.
meansizzler said: HI, I think the laptop sata drives use regualr sata power+sata data connections... Click to expand... Yup, SATA is SATA regardless of whether it's a 3.5" or 2.5"HDD.