Notebook SATA HD

Viking · 08-07-2006, 02:38 PM

What do notebook SATA HDs look like, in the way of the interface. Can a notebook SATA HD be hooked up to a desktop SATA port directley or is an adapter needed like for PATA notebook HDs.

LaptopExtreme · 08-07-2006, 05:05 PM

Here's a close-up of the connectors...
and here's the connectors and the plugs.

Viking · 08-08-2006, 05:02 AM

so they look like desktop SATA connectors. Are they the same size ?
can you plug a notebook HD into a desktop sata data cable and power ?

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Viking Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: east coast Posts: 398	so they look like desktop SATA connectors. Are they the same size ? can you plug a notebook HD into a desktop sata data cable and power ? __________________ http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g8...512200x267.jpg

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08-07-2006, 05:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
LaptopExtreme VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 880	Here's a close-up of the connectors... and here's the connectors and the plugs.