locating parts

[Derek Doucette]

I have thought of that, but I know it will be too tight, and I won't be
able to fit both cables in there they way that hard drive is mounted.  HP
has it down to a science when conserving space...

Derek Doucette
http://derek.homeunix.org

Bob Bell said:
> 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"?
>
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> Bob Bell
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