McGinty

Hey Guys,

Im doing a little project (not car related this time) but i wondered if it were possible to hook a 3.5 HDD to a note book. I guess i need the opposite of this adapter http://www.mp3car.com/store/product_...products_id=35

I realise i can get a kit that consists of a power adapter and a IDE to USB, but i wondered if it were possible ot make it the primary drive (coz USB ones always seem to **** up) and i realise that i will need a power adapter anyway because there is no way a laptop could power it.

Thx
Gints

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EsKALad

yeah look for pcmcia to ide adapters

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arebelspy

PCMCIA wouldn't be the primary drive.. I think he's talking about using a 3.5" as the main drive (opening the laptop and having a 3.5" just sort of "hang" out of it connected to the internal 2.5 slot by the cable).

Clarification McGinty?

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markbuts3

I doubt you can as the laptop is supplying 5v through the cable and the 3.5" drive needs 12v.

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meddler

if your laptop could boot from USB you could use a USB to IDE converter. If you tries to run it directly instead of the 2.5" drive you would need to supply it 12V as markbuts3 has said.

Note. I am not sure if the USB external enclosures for HDD's would require seperate power supply as well.

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McGinty

in clarification,

yes i did want to run it as the primary drive, not PCMCIA or USB. The power issue is noted and fine, you can get AC adaptors that run to a molex and give the HDD it's power, i just wondered about the conversion between 3.5 to 2.5 IDE

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tom61

Actually, that adapter in the first post is the adapter you need. It works just fine in 'reverse', just don't plug power into the adapter.

I had to use the adapter in that manner to install the OS from a full-sized IDE cdrom on my ultra-portable. Large (5MP) pic of the setup

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