Question about pin connection on hard drives
by shermanwood - 11/18/05 1:33 PM
In Reply to: How do you know if a hard drive is compatible? by monkeysateme
I'm old school in that I'm used to seeing the multiple pin (39 pins) connection on hard drives. I recently bought a new Dell and thought I would take a 160GB drive I had in a drawer and upgrade the machine but when I opened it up it was clear from the size of the cable and the plug that there are far fewer pins required for the hard drive on this machine. What's the story on this??????

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