SATA Notebook in Desktop - connectors and mounts?

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I need to mount a 2.5' notebook in a 3.5 bay in a desktop.

I'm an old school IDE guy and SATA is new to me. I know my motherboard
has two of the small SATA connectors on it with cables. What do I need
in terms of connectors/adapters to hook up the motherboard SATA cable
to the notebook drive?

Also, I need to do the physical adaption from the 2.5" size up to a
3.5" bay. I'm familiar with physical steel adapters that do that but I
couldn't seem to find anyone selling a complete kit that would give me
the cable connections I need (above) along with the physical mount on
Ebay. Are these kits common? Any pointers?

Thanks,
 
Ah.... ignore my question. I did some more research and discovered
what you all already knew - 3.5 and 2.5 SATA is the same.

He, he, he... like I said, I'm old school :-)
 
Ah.... ignore my question. I did some more research and discovered
what you all already knew - 3.5 and 2.5 SATA is the same.

He, he, he... like I said, I'm old school :-)
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Very! :)

You still need some form of mounting the drive?

Grant.
 
Yes... I still need some 2.5 to 3.5 brackets. Any favorite sources?
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Local shop had them with the IDE 44pin to 40 pin adaptor, I've not
seen them for some years. You could tape or Velcro the things
somewhere? Very light. There used to be a 5-1/4" CD size adapter
box to mount several 2.5 HDDs as a RAID array, dunno if that is
still around.

Grant.
 
Local shop had them with the IDE 44pin to 40 pin adaptor, I've not
seen them for some years. You could tape or Velcro the things
somewhere? Very light. There used to be a 5-1/4" CD size adapter
box to mount several 2.5 HDDs as a RAID array, dunno if that is
still around.

Grant.
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Thanks, just found some on Ebay, but only as a complete kit with the
mentioned electrical adapters that I don't really need. Cheap enough
even as a kit when purchased on-line.
 
Thanks, just found some on Ebay, but only as a complete kit with the
mentioned electrical adapters that I don't really need. Cheap enough
even as a kit when purchased on-line.
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If you have mounting holes, you can also mount 2.5" notebook
drives just on one side, using 6 mm or 8 mm long M3 screws. I
drilled a few holes into my drive cages for the purpose and
of course M3 (Metric 3mm) is a standard screw here.

Arno
 
If you have mounting holes, you can also mount 2.5" notebook
drives just on one side, using 6 mm or 8 mm long M3 screws. I
drilled a few holes into my drive cages for the purpose and
of course M3 (Metric 3mm) is a standard screw here.
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Mounting 2.5" drive on one side o9nly seems to ask for trouble as the
drive might then flex? I know they're light, but any vibration would
be amplified if not properly mounted.

Grant.
 
Mounting 2.5" drive on one side o9nly seems to ask for trouble as the
drive might then flex? I know they're light, but any vibration would
be amplified if not properly mounted.
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Not an issue. They have cast aluminum bodys, there is no chance
for flexing. The only possible problem is with the springiness of
the place they are mounted on. However I have been running several
2.5" notebook drives mounted on soft foam rubber for dampening
without any problems. At worst you get a slight performance
degradation.

Arno
 
Grant said:
Mounting 2.5" drive on one side o9nly seems to ask for trouble as the
drive might then flex? I know they're light, but any vibration would
be amplified if not properly mounted.

Grant.
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I have had very good luck (and I know it is luck) running HDs that are
not physically mounted, just laying on a non-conductive support with
power & signal cables connected. I do not recommend that for any
long-term use, but I've done it several times with both IDE and SATA
HDs to copy files from good HDs that were in dead PCs, and to erase
HDs before disposal, and I didn't even see any performance loss
(using read-only HDtach). You do need to watch the HD temp, but my
lab/SOHO has a window AC.

Also, I've done this with both 3.5" and 2.5" HDs; obviously, the
2.5" IDE HD needed a converter to cable to the tower designed
for standard IDE cabling.
 
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