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From: Bob Villa on 21 Jul 2010 19:24
On Jul 21, 2:50 pm, "Ian D" <tau...(a)nowhereatall.com> wrote:
> "Bob Villa" <pheeh.z...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:02c06ce3-6cde-43a9-91c3-bb5a73f4cad0(a)t2g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 21, 11:29 am, "Ian D" <tau...(a)nowhereatall.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > "charles cashion" <cmc...(a)dunjas.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:i24rcr$pgj$1(a)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
From: Ian D on 21 Jul 2010 19:45

"Bob Villa" <pheeh.zero(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:0afb46ff-f20b-4685-bc03-ac52880faf00(a)g35g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 21, 2:50 pm, "Ian D" <tau...(a)nowhereatall.com> wrote:
> "Bob Villa" <pheeh.z...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:02c06ce3-6cde-43a9-91c3-bb5a73f4cad0(a)t2g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 21, 11:29 am, "Ian D" <tau...(a)nowhereatall.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > "charles cashion" <cmc...(a)dunjas.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:i24rcr$pgj$1(a)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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