Will this be able to be used on a PATA HDD?
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Yes, it had PATA connectors as well as the molex (4-pin) connectors. If you need more you can purchase molex to PATA pigtails (Aleratec Molex to SATA Power Adapter Cable, 6 inches 12-Pack Combo).
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Yes. This will definitely work on IDE drives. It had the standard 4 pin Molex cables as well as SATA.
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This is internal drive, so we assume you already have an adapter that convert internal SATA port to eSATA2. If that's the case it will work.
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for asking! No, our dock only takes SATA hard drives. Your drive is not compatible as it uses a different connection, commonly referred to as IDE/PATA.
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This will work with either SATA or PATA drives, connectors are included for both. I hooked up an old 250 GB.PATA drive as new motherboard had no connectors for it.
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As long as the drive has the appropriate connector then yes, it will. I've plugged the SATA end into a 3.5" HDD and the ESATA end into a ESATA port on the back of a PC. Most 3.5 drives have that typical SATA connector. You will have to get power to the drive separately though, just so you are aware.
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Mine did not work. This drive is sata and I needed a pata drive. Double check. I have done these replacements before And they work great. Just do your research and insure you are purchasing the correct interface.
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My research indicates that this would fit as an ide (pata) drive is pretty much the same regardless of brand. You may have to switch out the bezel to make it work ,& swap out the bracket. The drivers are usually generic ones downloaded by your operating system.
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You would actually need a SATA HDD for the PS3, not a PATA HDD. Make sure it is a 5400 RPM HDD too. 7200 RPMs cause lockup issues.
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It has a PATA connector for both full size and slim line connectors on opposing sides of the adapter. The full size has 40 pins (50 pin minus the power pins and so forth, which number 10, so 50 minus 10 equals 40 pins), and the slim-line (same deal as before) has 42 pins minus 1 on the top row in the middle. I hope that description is detailed enough to help you out, but I can say that it fit my own PATA cd drive, which is a full size, just fine.
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H:If your Laptop computer has PATA , it should work, but please be ware that you should look at the date manufactured on the drive, and also get information about the drive using a free software " SPECCY" -VERY IMPORTANT
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It solely depends what you mean by External HDD. Is it a SATA or PATA drive? Then Yes. If it is one of those USB drives with Type 'B' power port then you cannot use this. (I believe!)
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This works with any hard drive with a SATA interface. It should work with the Seagate Barracuda UltraATA drive.
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It is not Data because I put it in an older computer. Don't know if it is a Pata
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Yeah it should work, but I'd skip it. PATA is outdated, I only bought one of these to clone a hard drive for my PowerBook from the early 2000s. That and finding a bare PATA drive that's big enough to fit all the contents of a modern Mac with Time Machine will be difficult. And if that's not enough, after 20 or so minutes of continuous writing, this will get pretty hot. I say buy a dedicated drive.
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You can use any Sata drive. They must be the same size. If they're dissimilar sizes it will only be as large as the smallest drive. So far it's worked flawlessly
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It reads any drive with a SATA connection. I have also gotten a PATA-to-SATA connector for about $12, and using that I can also read my old PATA hard drives (one of these is a WD caviar blue)
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This uses a PATA cable native to 2.5"/laptop drives which carries power over the extra set of pins. There's 44 pins instead of just 40 on the interface. (This is *not* the master/slave setting pins). If you're trying to hook this up to a desktop, you'll need to get an 2.5" PATA to 3.5"/standard PATA adapter. These usually include a Molex plug for hooking in power. If it's going into an old laptop that has a PATA interface, you should already have all you need. Or, if it's going into a PATA to USB adapter (like an external drive enclosure), you should also be good to go.