locating parts

[Bob Bell]

On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 02:02:59PM -0400, Derek Doucette <derek at derek.homeunix.org> wrote:
> I just came upon a hp omnibook with a broken lcd.  I helped the guy get
> the data off of the drive and he let me keep the laptop.  When pulling
> the drive from the laptop, a few of the pins broke on the connector. 
> This connector is basically an elbow connecting the pins from the hard
> drive to the mobo.  I have done some searching online, and that is part
> of an entire hard drive caddy that HP sells, basically its just a little
> holster with a ribbon so its easy to extract the drive.  The cheapest I
> have found it for is $40.00, and I can't justify it since there is
> probably less then $.50 in production.  The only piece I need is the
> elbow, I think that it is a pretty generic piece, with a female end for
> the 2.5" pinouts and a male end with the corresponding pins turned 90
> degrees.  I was wondering if anyone knew where I may be able to come
> across this type of thing, or if it is common and people have some laying
> around.

Have you considered looking for a short ribbon cable with the
appropriate ends instead on the "elbow"?

-- 
Bob Bell