On Monday 27 December 2004 01:24 pm, Dick Gevers wrote: > On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:55:32 -0800, Aron Smith wrote about Re: [newbie] 2.5 > > HDD question: > >The drive is going back into the laptop after installing Mdk 10.1 on it > >The adapter didn't come with any instructions but I have the stripe on the > >IDE cable aligned with the 1 mark on the adapter , this leaves 4 pins > >separated by a small gap from the other pins I am assuming that these are > >the master/slave jumpers > > Yes the small ones are for the jumpers if any, which are almost always > described on the drive itself, the larger pins is the power, usually with > topside corners edged off and those of the power as well, in order not to > be able to insert the power cable the wrong way. > > If you browse the IBM site you'll find very extensive information on all > principles of HD technology. > > Bye, > =Dick Gevers= Thanks gang ready to rock next am
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