What kind of pin interface does seagate use for their laptop hard drives?

[RbSX]

Just pulled my brother's 120 gig Seagate Momentus 5400 out of his Dell Vostro 1500.

I've never seen this pin system before, I need to interface it with my external hard drive adaptor.. but I don't know how to do it.

 

[Eureka]

The same kind of interface on every laptop hard drive, the SATA 3.0gb/s laptop interface. If it doesn't look like a standard interface, it may have an adapter on it for some laptop models, but I do believe the Dell Vostros plug straight in. You're going to need the laptop SATA interface to connect with it.

You can get an external enclosure like these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...201054107131&name=SATA

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: Eureka
The same kind of interface on every laptop hard drive, the SATA 3.0gb/s laptop interface. If it doesn't look like a standard interface, it may have an adapter on it for some laptop models, but I do believe the Dell Vostros plug straight in. You're going to need the laptop SATA interface to connect with it.

It does have an adaptor, which I, like a moron, pulled off and I get get it back on.

My external hard drive cartridge does not have this interface it has the older one.

Oh well I guess I will just toss the hard drive out out.

 

[Schmide]

Is it like a sata only with a small power plug?

BYTECC 18 Sata and Slim Sata Power 7+6pin Cable

I had to get one, but didn't feel like spending 8+shipping. So I went to china. $4 shipped LOL.

slimline slim sata adapter cable

It came in 3 weeks.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: Schmide
Is it like a sata only with a small power plug?

BYTECC 18 Sata and Slim Sata Power 7+6pin Cable

I had to get one, but didn't feel like spending 8+shipping. So I went to china. $4 shipped LOL.

slimline slim sata adapter cable

It came in 3 weeks.

Yeah that looks about right. But it had no power plug.

It has 4 pins which I guess are power, 7 pings and then another 17-20 pins.

 

[Schmide]

Originally posted by: RbSX
Yeah that looks about right. But it had no power plug.

It has 4 pins which I guess are power, 7 pings and then another 17-20 pins.

The adapter or the drive had these interfaces?

The sata side is the same as any sata cable. The power is just half sized. I think they stopped making them because, it's annoying and saves very little space.

I have no idea what the extra 17-20 pins are? Never seen it. Does the drive have 4 pin molex power?

 

[corkyg]

17-20 pins? That is a PATA interface - not SATA. And, you are possibly looking at the caddy interface as well. A standard PATA 2.5-in drive includes the power pins. Here is a direct comparison of PATA and SATA 2.5-in drives without any proprietary caddy or carrier:

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[RbSX]

Originally posted by: Schmide

Originally posted by: RbSX
Yeah that looks about right. But it had no power plug.

It has 4 pins which I guess are power, 7 pings and then another 17-20 pins.

The adapter or the drive had these interfaces?

The sata side is the same as any sata cable. The power is just half sized. I think they stopped making them because, it's annoying and saves very little space.

I have no idea what the extra 17-20 pins are? Never seen it. Does the drive have 4 pin molex power?

I was talking about the hard drive.

 

[RbSX]

No it's definately an SATA one.

I pulled the caddy off and thats why I can see the pins.

 

[corkyg]

In addition to the caddy, how about a pin adapter that pulls off? The naked 2.5 SATA drive only has two connectors - one power and one data. Here's an example of what I mean - this is a HP caddy with a Seagate PATA drive - and the small item on the right is a pin adapter that removes separate from the caddy.

HP

It fits very snugly and needs a twist of a knife blade to remove it.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: corkyg
In addition to the caddy, how about a pin adapter that pulls off? The naked 2.5 SATA drive only has two connectors - one power and one data. Here's an example of what I mean - this is a HP caddy with a Seagate PATA drive - and the small item on the right is a pin adapter that removes separate from the caddy.

HP

It fits very snugly and needs a twist of a knife blade to remove it.

IT looks different than that, the pin set up 3 seperate series of pins.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: corkyg
17-20 pins? That is a PATA interface - not SATA. And, you are possibly looking at the caddy interface as well. A standard PATA 2.5-in drive includes the power pins. Here is a direct comparison of PATA and SATA 2.5-in drives without any proprietary caddy or carrier:

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No it's the 2.5 SATA.

Anyways I've pulled the carraige adapter off and I can't get it back on.

Is there any way for me to salvage data off of it?