New motherboard, what is this strange part?

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Michael C

I had a machine with a faulty motherboard so I bought a new one and it came
with a part that I don't recognise. It's plastic, black, square and flat,
about 3mm thick and 90 x 92mm. It's got a metallic door thingy on it that
slides to one side when I push it. On the back it's got a small round metal
disk thingy in the centre. It doesn't fit into my computer anywhere that I
can find. What the heck is it??

Thanks,
Michael
 
Michael said:
I had a machine with a faulty motherboard so I bought a new one and it came
with a part that I don't recognise. It's plastic, black, square and flat,
about 3mm thick and 90 x 92mm. It's got a metallic door thingy on it that
slides to one side when I push it. On the back it's got a small round metal
disk thingy in the centre. It doesn't fit into my computer anywhere that I
can find. What the heck is it??

Thanks,
Michael
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You Don't mean something like this do you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disc#The_3.C2.BD-inch_microfloppy_diskette
 
Michael said:
Yeah that's the one. It says "HD" on it but I've only got an "SD" slot. I
guess since the SD stores 1gig and this thing is much bigger it must store
huge amounts of data?

Michael
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You haven't said what motherboard it is, but I'm guessing it has SATA
and/or RAID drivers on it for the hard drive (hence HD).
 
Derek Baker said:
You haven't said what motherboard it is, but I'm guessing it has SATA
and/or RAID drivers on it for the hard drive (hence HD).
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I think you were as astonished as the rest of us Derek that the lad didn't
recognize a floppy disc. Sign o' the times, as Roxy Music sing.....;-)
 
Derek Baker said:
You haven't said what motherboard it is, but I'm guessing it has SATA
and/or RAID drivers on it for the hard drive (hence HD).
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I did a search and HD stands for High Density. Damn, this thing must store a
*huge* amount of data.
 
Phil said:
I think you were as astonished as the rest of us Derek that the lad didn't
recognize a floppy disc. Sign o' the times, as Roxy Music sing.....;-)
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Yes, I wasn't sure whether to answer, as I didn't want to feed any trolls.
 
Phil said:
I think you were as astonished as the rest of us Derek that the lad didn't
recognize a floppy disc. Sign o' the times, as Roxy Music sing.....;-)
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Why's it called a floppy disk? It ain't floppy.

Michael
 
Yeah that's the one. It says "HD" on it but I've only got an "SD" slot. I
guess since the SD stores 1gig and this thing is much bigger it must store
huge amounts of data?

Michael
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you must be trolling...
What's the point?
 
Do you think you should advertise the fact that your "thingy" measures
only 90mm and is floppy ?
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That would be ok, what's a worry is that it's only 90mm and stiff.

Michael
 
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