Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:07:46 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB]retto HDD pins
> 2 cables - data and power. OK... I think I've got it - does this sound right? - the block of 44/43 pins *includes* the power supply pins (and the other four are jumper pins) - the power supplied by the desktop goes into the cable/socket hanging off the adapter, and the adapter passes the power to the appropriate pins on the HDD (somewhere in the block of 44/43). - and that's why the desktop end of the adapter has 40 pinouts... aaaaaah > 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). The adapter I have has a full complement of 40 pins on the desktop side... > Carry an ATA33 cable with you just to be safe... hehehehe... if i need another cable, I'll have to set up another shopping expedition. If the desktop turns out to have an 80 wire ribbon, could I just remove the 'extra' pin from the adapter? > 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). I've looked really really hard, but the only "1"s are the two that identify pin 1 (one on the Laptop HDD side, one the desktop ribbon cable side) - is that the same thing? > The end of the adapter that plugs into the hdd is easy, thats got a > key blank so it won't fit backwards. No! It hasn't - HOWEVER, the label identifies pin 1 on the HDD, and pins 1,2,43,and 44 are labelled on the laptop side of the adapter (plus pins 1,2,39,40 on the desktop side), so I think that bit will be OK...? >> 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. Heck - I'm clueless! Any ideas? Does it need a jumper when it's in the desktop, but not when it's in the Libretto? > Make sure you load EZ-Bios if you'll be using it in the libby. This is a new one on me - what is EZ-Bios, what does it do? I've just upgraded my BIOS from 7.40 to 8.10... > 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. Do I have two options here - to use the Libretto HDD as a primary (boot) or a secondary (slave?) drive in the desktop? And then a further two options - to boot the desktop from a floppy or from the HDD (either mine or the one that belongs to the desktop)? I'd just assumed the desktop would be booted as normal and that my drive would appear as an extra drive letter and I'd copy the i386 directory across using Windows Explorer... Sorry, so many questions - I'd not realised this bit was so complicated. ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
