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Possible ZIF to 1.8" IDE adapter! 100GB iriver H140?
Jeff:
How on earth do I connect the ribbon cable??
There is no locking mechanism that I can see on this drive. It's a Toshiba MK1011GAH
Any help with photos would be great!
inluxication:
--- Quote from: stuffedspacedog on April 01, 2008, 09:59:03 PM ---Sure, the link is here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280209474185&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=018
--- End quote ---
As noted earlier in this thread, stuffedspacedog's ebay link worked, but then stopped working. Now it works again. He remembered the seller being h2electronics, but it shows up on the link as yeahmarket, with item description
1.8" ZIF Hard Disk to Laptop 1.8" IDE HD Adapter
I've written to both sellers (just to be safe!) to ask if they have any more of these.
Edit: I also made a PDF printout of the ebay page, in case ebay drops the link again.
inluxication:
--- Quote from: Jeff on May 13, 2008, 11:58:20 PM ---How on earth do I connect the ribbon cable??
There is no locking mechanism that I can see on this drive. It's a Toshiba MK1011GAH
--- End quote ---
Jeff, there's now a how-to here:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/ZIFToATAAdapter
It seems that the locking mechanism should be on the connector, not on the drive. I'm not an expert, I haven't done it, and I don't think you said what connector you're using.
Also, the ebay seller yeahmarket just replied to me and said that he is now offering the part under a new ebay ID, "rexchg". I see that a part with the same description, 1.8" ZIF Hard Disk to Laptop 1.8" IDE HD Adapter, is also being offered by another seller for a few cents less. It appears to be the same, but I ordered the one from rexchg. Now I'll order a drive, see how it goes, and report back.
Jeff:
Thanks for that link but....
I don't see any black "handle" on the HDD to lock?? Take a look at the photo I posted
karashata:
That's 'cause the "handle" on the hard drive is off-white, not black. Lift that up and push the cable in there, then push it back down once the cable is in snugly.
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