PC harddrive connected to laptop for home project

mrhic2 · 01-18-2003, 10:46 AM

I have been off these boards for a long time. I was the one that setup the mp3car clothing store back in the day but lost my password and had since changed my email so I'm back under a new name.

I am working on a new project. I am converting a 1920's Philco radio into a mp3 jukebox. I have a Compaq Armada 1700 laptop for the project. I plan to make it so that you can not see that it has been modified. I plan to build my sub in the bottom and control the subs crosover with the original knobs on the radio. The top will flip open to a customized laptop. I will detach the screen and mount it in the lid and build the laptop into the top that opens.

Now that you have an overview
[My Question]

Is there any wiring plans ot there in your possetion to wire a 3.5 HD to the laptop? Because the base will not be seen it doesnot matter if it sticks out the bottom.

Also if anyone else worked on a home system Id like to see your info and picks.

Charliey · 01-18-2003, 11:37 AM

I think it would work to use an adapter that converts notebook harddrives to IDE then used it backwards. The gender of the connections might be wrong, but with a little soldering or something wouldnt be too hard to fix.

hardware_dave · 01-19-2003, 06:29 PM

I have had a full size cd-rom running on a laptop alongside a laptop hard-drive as master / slave. Why bother though ? you would need to put in a psu for 12 volts for the full size drive and the home-brew connector will drive you nuts when it goes wrong.

If you want to do it though , look up laptop ide pinout on google ( I cant remember where I found it now ) , take the connector off an old laptop drive and solder it to a std. ide cable. It's nearly a 1 to 1 connection from what I remember but the diffrences matter.

Good luck

dave

PS. I think I found the pin out on a toshiba site.

PPS. If you get it wrong and blow your laptop , don't blame me.

mrhic2 · 01-20-2003, 04:10 PM

I decided to put a 4 gig 2.5 Harddrive in it and then network it to my PC with the larger drive. Should stream ok on a 10/100 network.

Now I need to purchase ram and a nic for my laptop. 64megs is not enough for XP. Not sure what player I will end up using but media player is a hog in some cases.

rotarypower101 · 03-29-2006, 11:38 PM

Wondering if anyone has done this and if you can run a master and slave off from a laptop HD port

Does anyone make converters to do such a thing? Or is it still make it and hope you don’t break it