Hello Bryn, take a look at the following link. It even explains the difference(Zero Insertion Force, Low Insertion Force). http://www.codemicro.com/store/product/BP/08K1568/Refurbished On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 11:08 -0400, Bryn Jones wrote:
> Heyup, > > OK its OT but i've posted this in various places and got nowhere..... So > I'll try you lot.... > > The HD on my netbook has died.... a bit of work tells me it's a 1.8" PATA > ZIF 5mm 4,800rpm..... all cool till you try and buy a replacement out of > your limited dole money!!!!.... > > However I have found 1.8" PATA LIF drives at a reasonable price.... > > >From what i can tell ZIF and LIF are just different manufacturers terms for > the same connector.... but of course getting proper tech data out of there > sales guys is like chinese water torture (slow and gradually drives you > nuts....) > > Anyone know?... > > Bryn > (sent from my netbook thats running antiX off a USB stick for now :-).... > Never tried it before and liking it!) > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
