Re: IDE 2.5" drive

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From: Warren Block
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 03:02

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David George Enos (dge2b@Virginia.EDU) wrote:
: mike@tara.demon.co.uk  writes:
: > The 2.5" IDE drive has a 44 pin connector which is a standard 40 pin IDE 
: > connctor with an extra 4 pins for the power lines. Does anyone have the 
: > pinouts for the 2.5" end of the cable or know of somewhere where I can 
: > get a cable from? 
: the 4 "extra" pins are jumpers - the power lines are among the
: 40.  There are adaptors availible (alas, I don't know where to
: purchase them...try a drive supplier like Insight or something
: - there have been posts in comp.sys.laptops as well)

No, if there are more than 44 pins, the extras are jumpers, but pins 41-44 
are as follows:

  Pin 41: +5 volts
  Pin 42: +5 volts
  Pin 43: Ground
  Pin 44: Unused

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