question about a HDD

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Start date May 29, 2011

premier69

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May 29, 2011

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my laptop broke down so i'm thinking if i turn HDD the into an external but i need to know what kind of connection it has it doesn't seem to be ATA. i think the model name is Momentus 5400.3

http://www.agkom.piasta.pl/itnet-sklep/obudowa25ata2.jpg that chassi is for ATA but it doesn't to match up with the HDD. here is the link to the product: http://allegro.pl/elegancka-obudowa-dysku-hdd-2-5-ata-ide-usb-i1640643692.html

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number: White Box

OS: Windows 7 RTM x64

CPU: Core 2 Quad 2.6GHz

Motherboard: Gigabyte Ga-x48-ds5

Memory: 4GB Ram

Graphics Card(s): Asus nvidia 260

Sound Card: Built in, Using Optical Out with Logitech Z-5500 5.1

Monitor(s) Displays: Acer T230H & Samsung LCD TV FULL HD "LE46B530"

Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 + 1920x1080

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That pic looks like an adapter of some sort attached / pushed into the pins on the HD ?

:ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware...your-own-external-hard-drive.html#post1177933

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Motherboard: SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others

Memory: 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350

Graphics Card(s): Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards

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Monitor(s) Displays: 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer

Screen Resolution: 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080

Hard Drives: 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs

PSU: 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc

Case: All Generic Full Towers

Cooling: Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs

Keyboard: Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill

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wow thanks! you were right! thank you so much

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number: White Box

OS: Windows 7 RTM x64

CPU: Core 2 Quad 2.6GHz

Motherboard: Gigabyte Ga-x48-ds5

Memory: 4GB Ram

Graphics Card(s): Asus nvidia 260

Sound Card: Built in, Using Optical Out with Logitech Z-5500 5.1

Monitor(s) Displays: Acer T230H & Samsung LCD TV FULL HD "LE46B530"

Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 + 1920x1080

Hard Drives: 8 of them, about 6.5TB

PSU: 750 watt

Case: Antec P180

Cooling: Default Intel stock

Keyboard: Logitech Dinovo edge

Mouse: wireless laser mouse

Internet Speed: 15mbit Cable

Other Info: Primary monitor is multitouch (yay)

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May 29, 2011

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So, they were probably standard laptop IDE pins behind it ?

My Computer

Computer type: PC/Desktop

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number: Built them myself, Science Experiments !

OS: Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)

CPU: AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G

Motherboard: SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others

Memory: 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350

Graphics Card(s): Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards

Sound Card: on motherboard

Monitor(s) Displays: 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer

Screen Resolution: 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080

Hard Drives: 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs

PSU: 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc

Case: All Generic Full Towers

Cooling: Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs

Keyboard: Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill

Mouse: Made in China Optical Wired Mouse

Internet Speed: Fast Cable InterNet

Antivirus: AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!

Browser: IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes

Other Info: Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!

whs

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Looks like one of these: Newegg.com - Momentus 5400.3

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