hard drive for laptop

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hi can any one help i have a dell inspiron 1150 i am rebuilding it my problem is i bought a toshiba MK4019GAXB HARD DRIVE suitable for most dell laptops when trying to fit it does not reach the part for pins,do i need an adapter or is this the wrong hardrive .thanks .ps. i have just joined so hello to everyone

boppo · Answer

you will need to get a ide blade connector from dell spare parts, i hope you know who owned the computer because it there is a bios password on it and you don't know it you will not be able to bootup.

boppo · Answer

it looks like this. http://www.bay-wolf.com/partlist/48cvx_hddcaddy.jpg

articstar · Answer

hi thier was no hard drive on laptop when i bought it.iput new hard drive in caddy but it does not reach for pins to fit

boppo · Answer

look at the old drive, is there a blade connector covering the pins? if there is you need to put it on the new drive pins.

articstar · Answer

hi  does the pins on hard drive go through the bottom of caddy that holds hard drive/iwill check on other bits you mention and get back to you tomorrow .thanks

boppo · Answer

the pins are inside the caddy, the blade connector sticks out beyond the caddy which in turn plugs in the motherboard.

articstar · Answer

HI can a laptop boot up without a screen

articstar · Answer

hi, just finished building dell inspiron 1150 ,tried puting it on all i get is 2 green lights battery light goes on and of plus fan comes on every thing lasts 10 seconds  the motherboard has just been bought .help

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