Identify this harddrive

[nitro498]

This drive is from an HP Pavillion. It is a Sata II 250 gig. My problem is- I don't know which replacement drive to order from Newegg. The pinout is different from my other HP, in that this one uses a different method to connect to the mainboard.
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[RebateMonger]

This drive is the one that the upper sticker says is the HP replacement.

But those connectors on yours are strange. They are SATA, but I don't see a circuit board like on the standard SATA drives. And the standard connectors are what the photo shows for the replacement drive listed above.

Here's an adapter that's made to connect "standard SATA" connectors to the special HP DV6000 and DV9000 laptops connectors. You can see those non-PCB SATA contacts in the bottom piece in the photo.

 

[nitro498]

Thank you for finding that for me.

 

[RebateMonger]

I was going to suggest looking at HP's Parts Store. But that drive is $621 there!

Normally, HP's replacement parts aren't that outrageous.

Also:
Hard drive installation on HP DV9000 series.

 

[tcsenter]

Its just an adapter. Pops off the old drive, pops on the new drive. Most notebooks use some kind of adapter like this; IDE or SATA.

 

[nitro498]

YUP..... the adapter popped off the bad drive and can be mounted on another drive. Back up and running! Thanks all.