Hard Drive Installation Problem--Dell Inspiron 8200 Laptop

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Hi everyone,

I am not normally a laptop user, so please bear with me. I am trying to
replace a friend's ailing hard drive on , which is an IBM Cascade/Hitachi
Travelstar 40 GN. The Travelstar 40 GN is an ATA-5 with what looks like a
24-pin straight connector. (I don't know the exact terminology to use, so
if you can tell me where to learn this, it is a great help. I can certainly
identify it with a picture. The 40 GN is a 9.5mm, 2.5-inch drive. I wanted
to replace it with a Hitachi Travelstar 7K60. Hitachi's compatibility guide
for the 7K60
(http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/738585746F05691E86256CF
3007CB298) says that is compatible with the Dell Inspiron 8200, but the 7K60
has two rows of 24-pin connectors, and seems shorter than the old drive. Do
I need some sort of adapter? The 7K60 is an ATA-6 drive. The Dell Inspiron
8200 is exactly 2 years old, but out of warranty at Dell. Please help a
newbie. Thanks!


Mike

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That is the interposer card & it will pull off the old hard drive.
http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/sy [...] /index.htm
Don't use pliers - use your fingers & gently prise it of a bit at a time.

"Michael" <please-ask-me@ask.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I am not normally a laptop user, so please bear with me. I am trying to
> replace a friend's ailing hard drive on , which is an IBM Cascade/Hitachi
> Travelstar 40 GN. The Travelstar 40 GN is an ATA-5 with what looks like a
> 24-pin straight connector. (I don't know the exact terminology to use, so
> if you can tell me where to learn this, it is a great help. I can
certainly
> identify it with a picture. The 40 GN is a 9.5mm, 2.5-inch drive. I
wanted
> to replace it with a Hitachi Travelstar 7K60. Hitachi's compatibility
guide
> for the 7K60
>
(http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/738585746F05691E86256CF
> 3007CB298) says that is compatible with the Dell Inspiron 8200, but the
7K60
> has two rows of 24-pin connectors, and seems shorter than the old drive.
Do
> I need some sort of adapter? The 7K60 is an ATA-6 drive. The Dell
Inspiron
> 8200 is exactly 2 years old, but out of warranty at Dell. Please help a
> newbie. Thanks!
>
>
> Mike
>
>