My Pismo is working again. Thanks anyway. On Feb 7, 5:16 pm, Bruce Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: > > By the way, would this 120 GB 5400 RPM Hitachi HD work with a desktop > > computer (PC) circa 2001? > > If the Hitachi HD is an IDE/ATA (also know as PATA) - which it will be if it > works in your Pismo - you'll simply need an adaptor from 'desktop-size' > IDE/ATA connectors and molex power (i.e. the data cable cable and power cable > plug inside your desktop machine) to 'laptop-size' IDE/ATA connector. In the > UK, they're about £6 from Maplins. A laptop HD won't be very fast compared to > the same vintage of desktop HD but it will work. (I've put a Pismo's HD in my > G4/400 this way.) > > Bruce
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