Yes I did, it only goes on one way because there is a whole missing almost in the center of it I hate to think I have to send this hd back also because the top won't fit in by a hair. It's kind of hard to find a refurbished or used Travelstar just like the one that in it. I'm at the end of my rope with this laptop, what a pain...
Apologies for intruding, but did you make certain that you have the drive right-side up? The drive should go in easy, and if you have interference in the slot it could be that the drive is upside down with respect to the attachment used to secure the drive into the computer.
No, I have right side up, and it is the hard drive is wrong for the case. I was looking at the hd last night and also noticed it is missing 1/2 of one top corner's. At first I thought that was how it was made then I noticed the little white spot where something was. So I have to return it.
I flipped like you said, the other hd was in with board showing and there are screw holes and so they had screws in it,but I don't know where they went. I just put the hd in the drawer with the writing showing and it fits like a charm, so tell me why they other was laying on the letters? thanks for your help.
ejn63
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January 14th, 2012 17:00
Did you remove the blade connector from the original drive and mount it over the pins on the new one?
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Yes I did, it only goes on one way because there is a whole missing almost in the center of it I hate to think I have to send this hd back also because the top won't fit in by a hair. It's kind of hard to find a refurbished or used Travelstar just like the one that in it. I'm at the end of my rope with this laptop, what a pain...
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January 14th, 2012 19:00
There should be a pin missing -- that's by design so the connector can't be misaligned.
Unless the drive is physically too high (12.5 vs. 9.5 mm) it should work fine.
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January 14th, 2012 20:00
Apologies for intruding, but did you make certain that you have the drive right-side up? The drive should go in easy, and if you have interference in the slot it could be that the drive is upside down with respect to the attachment used to secure the drive into the computer.
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January 15th, 2012 12:00
No, I have right side up, and it is the hard drive is wrong for the case. I was looking at the hd last night and also noticed it is missing 1/2 of one top corner's. At first I thought that was how it was made then I noticed the little white spot where something was. So I have to return it.
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January 15th, 2012 12:00
I flipped like you said, the other hd was in with board showing and there are screw holes and so they had screws in it,but I don't know where they went. I just put the hd in the drawer with the writing showing and it fits like a charm, so tell me why they other was laying on the letters? thanks for your help.