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proprietary HP dv6000 HD

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charles cashion

Flightless Bird
My HP dv6000 laptop came with a Fujitsu 120GB HD.

I cloned the 120GB HD onto a Hatachi 320GB
HD which I intended to swap with the original
HD in the laptop. Then I discovered that HP was
loaded with a HD which had a non-standard pin-out.

Does there exist an adapter to go between the
Hatachi & the dv6000?

Does some simple option exist?
Charles
 
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Bob Villa

Flightless Bird
On Jul 20, 1:54 pm, charles cashion <cmc...@dunjas.com> wrote:
> My HP dv6000 laptop came with a Fujitsu 120GB HD.
>
> I cloned the 120GB HD onto a Hatachi 320GB
> HD which I intended to swap with the original
> HD in the laptop. Then I discovered that HP was
> loaded with a HD which had a non-standard pin-out.
>
> Does there exist an adapter to go between the
> Hatachi & the dv6000?
>
> Does some simple option exist?
> Charles

Normally, (not sure in HP's case) there is an adapter that can be
removed from the original drive and put on the new drive.
 
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Ian D

Flightless Bird
"charles cashion" <cmcnuz@dunjas.com> wrote in message
news:i24rcr$pgj$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> My HP dv6000 laptop came with a Fujitsu 120GB HD.
>
> I cloned the 120GB HD onto a Hatachi 320GB
> HD which I intended to swap with the original
> HD in the laptop. Then I discovered that HP was
> loaded with a HD which had a non-standard pin-out.
>
> Does there exist an adapter to go between the
> Hatachi & the dv6000?
>
> Does some simple option exist?
> Charles

HP uses standard drives. The drive on the dv6000 may be
using a 2.5" IDE connector, which is different from a 3.5"
IDE drive connector. The 320GB drive is probably SATA,
and won't work in the dv6000.

If the 120GB drive has a dual row of pins, almost the width of
the drive it is IDE. IDE 2.5" laptop drives are available. The
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVE is a 320GB 5400
RPM 8MB cache laptop drive.
 
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Bob Villa

Flightless Bird
On Jul 21, 11:29 am, "Ian D" <tau...@nowhereatall.com> wrote:
> "charles cashion" <cmc...@dunjas.com> wrote in message
>
> news:i24rcr$pgj$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> > My HP dv6000 laptop came with a Fujitsu 120GB HD.
>
> > I cloned the 120GB HD onto a Hatachi 320GB
> > HD which I intended to swap with the original
> > HD in the laptop. Then I discovered that HP was
> > loaded with a HD which had a non-standard pin-out.
>
> > Does there exist an adapter to go between the
> > Hatachi & the dv6000?
>
> > Does some simple option exist?
> > Charles
>
> HP uses standard drives.  The drive on the dv6000 may be
> using a 2.5" IDE connector, which is different from a 3.5"
> IDE drive connector.  The 320GB drive is probably SATA,
> and won't work in the dv6000.
>
> If the 120GB drive has a dual row of pins, almost the width of
> the drive it is IDE.  IDE 2.5" laptop drives are available.  The
> Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVE is a 320GB 5400
> RPM 8MB cache laptop drive.

I'm sure the dv6000 is SATA and he certainly would not mistake a 3.5"
for a 2.5".
My only knowledge of a SATA adapter is on a new Dell 1545. Pop it off
and put it on the new one.
 
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Ian D

Flightless Bird
"Bob Villa" <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:02c06ce3-6cde-43a9-91c3-bb5a73f4cad0@t2g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 21, 11:29 am, "Ian D" <tau...@nowhereatall.com> wrote:
> "charles cashion" <cmc...@dunjas.com> wrote in message
>
> news:i24rcr$pgj$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> > My HP dv6000 laptop came with a Fujitsu 120GB HD.
>
> > I cloned the 120GB HD onto a Hatachi 320GB
> > HD which I intended to swap with the original
> > HD in the laptop. Then I discovered that HP was
> > loaded with a HD which had a non-standard pin-out.
>
> > Does there exist an adapter to go between the
> > Hatachi & the dv6000?
>
> > Does some simple option exist?
> > Charles
>
> HP uses standard drives. The drive on the dv6000 may be
> using a 2.5" IDE connector, which is different from a 3.5"
> IDE drive connector. The 320GB drive is probably SATA,
> and won't work in the dv6000.
>
> If the 120GB drive has a dual row of pins, almost the width of
> the drive it is IDE. IDE 2.5" laptop drives are available. The
> Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVE is a 320GB 5400
> RPM 8MB cache laptop drive.

I'm sure the dv6000 is SATA and he certainly would not mistake a 3.5"
for a 2.5".
My only knowledge of a SATA adapter is on a new Dell 1545. Pop it off
and put it on the new one.

I checked the dv6000 service manual. The 120GB drive is an
ATA-5 drive. It looks like the motherboard connector is a
standard 2.5" IDE socket. The drive connects vertically
instead of end on, and there's what looks like a right angle
adapter on the end of the drive. The OP never told us the
make and model of the drive. There are seven drive sizes for
the dv6000, from 40GB to 200GB, so I can't see HP stocking
that many different drives with proprietary interfaces, but
anything's possible.
 
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Bob Villa

Flightless Bird
On Jul 21, 2:50 pm, "Ian D" <tau...@nowhereatall.com> wrote:
> "Bob Villa" <pheeh.z...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:02c06ce3-6cde-43a9-91c3-bb5a73f4cad0@t2g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 21, 11:29 am, "Ian D" <tau...@nowhereatall.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > "charles cashion" <cmc...@dunjas.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:i24rcr$pgj$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> > > My HP dv6000 laptop came with a Fujitsu 120GB HD.
>
> > > I cloned the 120GB HD onto a Hatachi 320GB
> > > HD which I intended to swap with the original
> > > HD in the laptop. Then I discovered that HP was
> > > loaded with a HD which had a non-standard pin-out.
>
> > > Does there exist an adapter to go between the
> > > Hatachi & the dv6000?
>
> > > Does some simple option exist?
> > > Charles
>
> > HP uses standard drives. The drive on the dv6000 may be
> > using a 2.5" IDE connector, which is different from a 3.5"
> > IDE drive connector. The 320GB drive is probably SATA,
> > and won't work in the dv6000.
>
> > If the 120GB drive has a dual row of pins, almost the width of
> > the drive it is IDE. IDE 2.5" laptop drives are available. The
> > Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVE is a 320GB 5400
> > RPM 8MB cache laptop drive.
>
> I'm sure the dv6000 is SATA and he certainly would not mistake a 3.5"
> for a 2.5".
> My only knowledge of a SATA adapter is on a new Dell 1545. Pop it off
> and put it on the new one.
>
> I checked the dv6000 service manual.  The 120GB drive is an
> ATA-5 drive.  It looks like the motherboard connector is a
> standard 2.5" IDE socket.  The drive connects vertically
> instead of end on, and there's what looks like a right angle
> adapter on the end of the drive.  The OP never told us the
> make and model of the drive.  There are seven drive sizes for
> the dv6000, from 40GB to 200GB, so I can't see HP stocking
> that many different drives with proprietary interfaces, but
> anything's possible.

Specs I found say SATA

* AMD Turion 64, dual core processor
* 2 GB DDR2 memory
* 15.4″ WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display
(1280 x 800)
* 256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7200
* 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
* LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support
* 1.3 Megapixel Webcam with mic built into screen
* Altec Lansing speakers built in
* 3 USB ports, ExpressCard/54 Slot, Video Out, Integrated Consumer
IR, 1 RJ-11, 1 RJ-45
* Windows Vista Home Premium

And 2 years old should be SATA
 
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Ian D

Flightless Bird
"Bob Villa" <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:0afb46ff-f20b-4685-bc03-ac52880faf00@g35g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 21, 2:50 pm, "Ian D" <tau...@nowhereatall.com> wrote:
> "Bob Villa" <pheeh.z...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:02c06ce3-6cde-43a9-91c3-bb5a73f4cad0@t2g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 21, 11:29 am, "Ian D" <tau...@nowhereatall.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > "charles cashion" <cmc...@dunjas.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:i24rcr$pgj$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> > > My HP dv6000 laptop came with a Fujitsu 120GB HD.
>
> > > I cloned the 120GB HD onto a Hatachi 320GB
> > > HD which I intended to swap with the original
> > > HD in the laptop. Then I discovered that HP was
> > > loaded with a HD which had a non-standard pin-out.
>
> > > Does there exist an adapter to go between the
> > > Hatachi & the dv6000?
>
> > > Does some simple option exist?
> > > Charles
>
> > HP uses standard drives. The drive on the dv6000 may be
> > using a 2.5" IDE connector, which is different from a 3.5"
> > IDE drive connector. The 320GB drive is probably SATA,
> > and won't work in the dv6000.
>
> > If the 120GB drive has a dual row of pins, almost the width of
> > the drive it is IDE. IDE 2.5" laptop drives are available. The
> > Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVE is a 320GB 5400
> > RPM 8MB cache laptop drive.
>
> I'm sure the dv6000 is SATA and he certainly would not mistake a 3.5"
> for a 2.5".
> My only knowledge of a SATA adapter is on a new Dell 1545. Pop it off
> and put it on the new one.
>
> I checked the dv6000 service manual. The 120GB drive is an
> ATA-5 drive. It looks like the motherboard connector is a
> standard 2.5" IDE socket. The drive connects vertically
> instead of end on, and there's what looks like a right angle
> adapter on the end of the drive. The OP never told us the
> make and model of the drive. There are seven drive sizes for
> the dv6000, from 40GB to 200GB, so I can't see HP stocking
> that many different drives with proprietary interfaces, but
> anything's possible.

Specs I found say SATA

* AMD Turion 64, dual core processor
* 2 GB DDR2 memory
* 15.4? WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display
(1280 x 800)
* 256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7200
* 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
* LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support
* 1.3 Megapixel Webcam with mic built into screen
* Altec Lansing speakers built in
* 3 USB ports, ExpressCard/54 Slot, Video Out, Integrated Consumer
IR, 1 RJ-11, 1 RJ-45
* Windows Vista Home Premium

And 2 years old should be SATA


The 120GB and lower are listed as 100MHz ATA-5 in the service
manual, which is wrong. The 120GB drive is a SATA drive when the
part number is referenced.
 
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