Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 19:38:27 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB]retto HDD pins
At 03:31 AM 12/02/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:23:14 +0700 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [LIB]retto HDD pins > >OK, so I've BIOSed and FDISKed and FORMATted, and now I'm ready to trek over >to the Internet Cafe next with my Win'2K CD and HDD and IDE adapter gizmo. >But I'm still not 100% about hooking up the laptop HDD to the desktop PC. > >I've found pin 1 on the HDD; everything is numbered on the adapter; and I >think I know what I'm looking for on the IDE ribbon cable and inside the >desktop... but I don't know how many cables are going to connect the HDD to >the desktop - one (IDE ribbon?) or two (IDE ribbon plus a power cable?) or >what? 2 cables - data and power. Note that most HDD adapters won't work on ATA66/100 (80 wire) cables because the key pin is blocked (and the HDD adapters I've seen have a pin there). Carry an ATA33 cable with you just to be safe ... there should be a '1' marked on the adapter to let you line it up with the stripe on the data cable (you might have to look REALLY hard to find it). The end of the adapter that plugs into the hdd is easy, thats got a key blank so it won't fit backwards. >I'm looking straight at the end with the pins; there are four grouped to the >right, and another 44 in two rows of 22 (actually 43, there's one "missing" >from the middle of the top row) to the left. Thats the key blank I mentioned earlier. >I thought the four on the right were power, but now I think they are jumper >pins. ya they're jumper pins. Set it up as you would a normal desktop hard drive. Make sure you load EZ-Bios if you'll be using it in the libby. If you install EZ-Bios but then boot off a floppy diskette when the HDD is in a desktop, you'll ruin the partition tables. Instead, let it boot off the HDD and press CTRL when you get the EZ-Bios prompt. Then put your floppy diskette in, press A and boot. Hope this helps! - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
