LAPTOP - 2.5 to 3.5 converter issues!

bloodline76 · 13 Oct 2006 at 11:39

I have recently got a 2.5" to 3.5" convertor to try and save my laptop HD but this is not finding the HD when plugged in.

One thing I would like to ask about is that not all the pins are covered and have some spare ones at the end, do these need to be capped?

Anyone have any experience with this?

Thanks

wizardmaxx · 13 Oct 2006 at 11:39

Can u post a pic.

timmins · 13 Oct 2006 at 12:23

Are they power pins?

bloodline76 · 13 Oct 2006 at 12:31

There is the main pins area then a space and a few more pins. The other side which connects to the main pc has the power connector with the IDE cable port to the computer.

I am at work at the moment but Ill add a picture when I get home.

How do you add a picture?

wizardmaxx · 14 Oct 2006 at 06:49

Go here

http://imageshack.us/

Browse for picture from your computer

Host it

Copy the link in the "Direct link to image" box

and insert link between the following replacing the ???

???

rpstewart · 14 Oct 2006 at 11:52

Is there another device on the IDE cable you're using? It might be that you're trying to run two master devices on the one cable - you need to remove one or set one to be the slave device.

bloodline76 · 16 Oct 2006 at 12:29

I have another HD on the IDE which is the OS. I tried placing it in the slave but that didnt work.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for the advice on posting pictures - great link!

Edit: Although I might have to work on the picture size lol

squiffy · 16 Oct 2006 at 12:34

I have one of those, it worked fine. Detected in BIOS and Windows, copied everything from it to another drive.

bloodline76 · 16 Oct 2006 at 13:07

Did yours have any spare pins once you connected the hard drive? Do you have to place caps on them?

It doesnt appear in bios for me. I am wondering if it is broke as it came with very little packaging in a plastic bag.

Suggestions?

wizardmaxx · 16 Oct 2006 at 13:19

Thats why i asked if u could post a pic. I meant the hard drive itself, cos it sounds like the jumper setting pins u talking about.

bloodline76 · 16 Oct 2006 at 13:38

Ok I'll take a picture of it tonight. What do you want it connected up to the connecter?

To be honest I dont think it had any caps on it at all. Could be the problem there. Is it the same sort of setup for a laptop drive as it is a desktop drive with the little caps?

wizardmaxx · 16 Oct 2006 at 13:40

A shot of the hdd no connector and an arrow pointing to the pins u talking about.

squiffy · 16 Oct 2006 at 13:51

bloodline76 said:
Ok I'll take a picture of it tonight. What do you want it connected up to the connecter?

To be honest I dont think it had any caps on it at all. Could be the problem there. Is it the same sort of setup for a laptop drive as it is a desktop drive with the little caps?

There were no capacitors, it's just a straight adaptor.

wizardmaxx · 16 Oct 2006 at 13:52

I think he is refering to the jumper caps

bloodline76 · 16 Oct 2006 at 14:22

Sorry dont know much about the Laptop HD's setup. I am assuming it is missing the jumper caps to make it a slave or main HD.

Ill take a few snaps tonight and post as I really want to salvage this laptop.

wizardmaxx · 16 Oct 2006 at 14:33

You talking about these pins

If u are then this may help

http://www.pccables.com/00504.htm

bloodline76 · 16 Oct 2006 at 15:40

Yes that looks exactly like the problem. I will give that a try later. As i didnt use any jumpers.

Hopefully that works.

Thanks for all those that have taken their time to respond

bloodline76 · 17 Oct 2006 at 09:12

Well that never worked. I dont have enough space to put the converter on with the cap as it is too big and the converter does not go properly on.

rpstewart · 17 Oct 2006 at 09:22

OK, time to take a step back I think.

1) Do we know this drive is actually working?

2) Does the label on the drive show how to configure it as the master device? Does this require the setting of any jumpers on the back of the drive?

3) Are you connecting the drive to the desktop PC as the only device on the IDE cable?

4) When you connect it to the PC can you feel the drive spin up as the PC starts?

bloodline76 · 19 Oct 2006 at 14:00

OK, time to take a step back I think.

1) It works just have a problem with the OS on it and need to format it.

2) Has jumper settings for slave but not for the master. I am running it as a slave.

3) The only other IDE device that I have is a HD (Which is the OS) and my dvd writer.

4) This doesnt seem to do much. I am using one of the spare power cables in the computer. Is that wrong?