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    Hard drive adaptors - where can I find these?

    Hi there

    Pulled three working Asus L4L laptops from the rubbish behind my school the other day. (Seriously, everything works, even the batteries). However, they didn't come with hard drives or caddies, and the motherboard comes with a non-standard connector.

    I found the adaptors I need:



    However, I can't find them anywhere on ebay. Anyone know if they have a specific name, or where I can find some?

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    I use http://www.span.com/ for this sorta thing They have most things
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    Re: Hard drive adaptors - where can I find these?

    Can't find what I'm looking for, although it would help if I knew the name of the connector on the motherboard I used to have one, but I threw it out, thinking I wouldn't need it

    EDIT: Ebay had it all along.... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HP-Compaq-Tosh...item4aa9564587

    £5 for a bit of plastic though, and I'll need three... I wonder if I can get them any cheaper?
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    Re: Hard drive adaptors - where can I find these?

    Are you sure that's the right adaptor? Is the connection on the mobo male or female?
    I've seen the Dell type ones (part: Dell DP/N 8267R 08267R - google it) often, but not one like that before.
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    Re: Hard drive adaptors - where can I find these?

    Yeah Dell use them, got a few here (no, you cant I have the laptops for them before you ask ) not sure if its a standard pin config or not tho so they might or might not work on other makes/models..

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    Re: Hard drive adaptors - where can I find these?

    bought some of the dell ones first, but they were wrong. the one linked is actually quite widely used, so hope it's correct. if not... heh.

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