On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, at 9:41pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A Sony VAIO Z505JS (PCG-5201).
Oh. A Sony. Nevermind. They're all different. And a pain. And Sony doesn't believe in documentation. Or customer service. Good luck. > I should have been more precise. I'm sure it's a 44-pin connector, but > the hard drive apparently has four more address jumper pins nearby, > separated from the usual 44 pins by a one column gap. Yes, that is standard, too. Those are used to select "master" vs "slave" and so on. With no jumpers, the drive is in "single drive, master" mode. > I'm not going to be convinced that it's mechanically possible to connect a > vanilla 44-pin connector to this until I see it. Oh, I don't blame. I don't trust *anything* until I see it working. :-) > All good points. But the drive in an external enclosure with a USB cable > is potentially a lot more useful. Sure is, if you plan on actually using it. :-) Like I said, for many situations, the only time someone will need it is if they are doing what you are doing... :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss