Modding Help - PC HDD -> Laptop

Hi all,

I have a laptop which the HDD has just died. The laptop doesn't need to be extremely portable so I've decided to put a normal HDD on there.

Does anyone know where i might find a wiring diagram or some information on doing this conversion?

Thanks!
ZeffriN

 

A normal HD wouldnt fit into the hard drive enclosure of laptop ? So are you planning to have the hard drive outide the laptop ? like in another case or something ?

 

Yah, we'll just have it floating around sort of thing, hehehe.

 

well, i suppose you could use one of these converter box thingies, only the other way around... (maybe) but the cable might be the wrong way round or something

 

I've also thought of this as I have the same thing.. I'm pretty sure one of those converters should work both ways..

 

Those converter don't work both way's exactly.

I am building a car MP3 player out of a old laptop.
The IDE pinout is the same, and I use the convertor,
but the connecters are sometimes flipped.

I had to make an IDE cable with every other pin flipped.
(Every two wires, flipped)

for example:
NORMAL IDE:
1---1
2---2
3---3
4---4
5---5
6---6

Laptop to IDE
2---2
1---1
4---4
3---3
5---5
6---6

It's hard to discribe, and I will have a guide once the project is done.

In the end just make sure that each pin is connected correctly
(I fried a laptop doing it just by trying to experiment)

This laptop (more expensive) I use a continuity meter and checked each and every pin.

Here are some site that may help.
http://www.cablingdirectory.com/pinouts/internal/internal.htm

Or you can just buy the cable here:
http://www.unitechelectronics.com/idecables.htm
(These cable asume that your laptop has a female connetor, for my home made cable I had to make put two female connectors together using wires)

 

i could be wrong but dont notebook hdd's run on 5 volts and a normal pc one on 12 volts but i could be wrong like i said before ??


Yammosk

 

Hey all!

Thanks for all the feedback, I've been off the net for a few days so I've been somewhat unresponsive.

I'll let you all know how I go once I get it done.

 

I think you're right, but we're just going to run the HDD in parrallel from the power supply.

Im pretty sure a PC HDD pulls more current than a notebook hdd, so we don't want to **** up the notebook.

Will keep you all posted...
(let you know if I toast my friends notebook)

 

or drop meh a mail - i got a few spare laptop hdd's going cheap

ajordan@ie.com

 

Yes the PC harddrive runs off 12v and the laptop off of 5v.

You will have to power it seperatly.