AD_EXT ribbon cable vs. generic hard-drive type ribbon ca

I removed my SB Audigy 2 Platinum - because I listened to the advice of other "so-called" home-recording musicians - and replaced it with (2) different "so-called" professional soundcards - both of which did not hold a candle to the SB Audigy 2 Platinum - so I have decided to put it back in my computer - my problem is: I have lost the wide ribbon cable (the AD_EXT cable) that connects the break-out box to the actual soundcard (I managed to keep EVERYTHING else in the box but that).... I wanted to ask if anyone knows if I could use a conventional ribbon cable (like the type that connects a hard dri've to the motherboard) as replacement for the AD_EXT. I actually checked to see if a regular ribbon cable would fit (without any power or other connections) and it seemed to slip on perfectly to both - plus it looks EXACTLY like the AD_EXT cable that came with the SB (red stripe & all). So again, can I go ahead and use a conventional hard-dri've ribbon cable as a replacement for the AD_EXT? And, if not ... can I order that part from Creative? And, if the latter, can anyone tell me how I can order one? Thanks,

I think it is the same. What Creative is saying, is that it is not an IDE connector, so don't connect your HDD there. This is because ISA soundcards used to come with a secondary IDE connector, which is not the case with modern soundcards.
If it looks the same and there was no twist on the cable then it should work. But I cannot confirm this for sure!

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Hello everyone! I wanted to ask a question. I own an HP ENVY 17-J075EZ, and inside it there are two slots for hard disk including the primary already used from the hard disk ... Because I wanted to put a SSD but always keep the HDD, I wanted to know what it's called the second cable to connect a second hard drive and possibly the price and where to buy it! Thanks in advance!
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Hi,
Check the page 48, 49 and 50.
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03922401
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No power supply cable for second hard drive

Hard drive in PC is crashing mechanically. Want to ghost a second hard drive before first drive crashes completely. Bought duplicate of existing hard drive, but there is no power supply cable/connector for it. Have SATA plug, but cannot power up second hard drive. What do I do?
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LB1815, welcome to the forum.
If I understand your problem correctly, this is the connector that you need. It converts a single SATA power cable to two connectors. This allows you to connect two drives with on cable. There are many other brands available on Newegg. This is just one example.
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Dv7t rcvd. new 4/6/2011 need interface cable for 2nd hard drive

Subject rcvd from HP with caddy for 2nd hdd installed. No cable supplied. called HP parts store and was referred to sales and then referred to tech support. After several hours of chat and musical hold time I'm still without for a source for a much wanted interface ,Hdd to motherboard, cable. No help from newmodeus.com either. This is not a standard
esata cable and has to be an exact fit for allocated space. If desired to install SSD in this model an exact fit is needed.

My dv7t is in the mail and I have not got it yet, I asked support via email how to add a second hard drive and they said you just plug it in, I was skeptical and now that I see this post I can see I was right to be.
So I would also like to know how to add a second HDD or SSD to the dv7t and how to get all the necessary parts.
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What is my hard drive type and size?

My model is: 13-inch, Early 2008, Generation 5, MB402xx/A
I've found the manuals for my model of macbook, I think, and it tells me how to replace the RAM. But it doesn't tell me how to replace the hard drive. I'm just not looking in the right place, I guess.
I'm going on a trip soon, and I'd like to remove my hard drive and leave it at home. The new hard drive will have something like fedora or ubuntu on it, just so I can have a computer while I travel without taking all of my data with me. (Even if I back up my osx drive properly, the drive will still have my personal data on it when I travel - which I'd prefer not to risk, of course.)
Where can I find the specs for this old macbook, so I know what to place into it?

Thank you for reminding me about the system profiler and then the 9.5mm size limit. That would be a headache to order and discover right before my trip.
I think I've found a good replacement over at newegg, instead of macsales, though. The drive will cost me a little more than macsales, but I can get the hard drive and the firewire enclosure cheaper by buying them separate then buying one of the kits from macsales. (I will keep my eyes open over there, though, from now on for sales and upgrades. Always good to have another place to shop from.)

Pavilion dv5115 nr Hard drive type

I am helping a friend replace their hard drive and I am trying to figure out if this machine uses an PATA or SATA drive. How can I tell? The internal drive test is failing.
Thanks
Dave

Since it is a rotational speed of 4200 and 80gb, I assume it is Pata, your specifications do not reveal which it is.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=1843722&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&submit.y=0&submit.x=0&...
You can do 2 things to know for sure
1. Get the model number of the drive in device manager and google it
2. Remove the drive and remove the adapter from the end of the drive and look to see which it is.
Your service manual
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00700959.pdf
Most laptop drives when removed will have an adapter plugged on the end of the drive, be sure to remove this and transfer to the new drive.

Hard drive data cable issues

I have a 2010 13" Macbook pro. It was refurbished when bought in 2011, and I've had it since May of 2011. The first time I had the flashing folder with a question mark was about a year after it was bought in summer 2012, and the data cable connecting the hard drive and motherboard was replaced. I have now had the issue two more times, once in March 2013 and again March 2014. All three times I had the flashing folder with a question mark, and all three times the data cable was the issue. While I am glad the issue has not been the hard drive itself, I am really peeved that I keep having this issue, and have to be without a computer for at least a week while it's being diagnosed and repaired.
I read some other forums and the cable seems to be a fairly common issue, but I am wondering why I have had this issue 3 times in the last year and a half. I keep my computer on a cooling pad because I thought the heat caused the problem the first time, and I take very good care of it. Does any one have any ideas what could cause the data cable to have issues? Could it be something I am doing, or have I just been unlucky and gotten faulty cables? I don't want to have to replace this every year, it's getting a little ridiculous.
Thanks in adavance for any input!

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Inspiron One2310 how to replace a possibly deffective sata cable on hard drive

Hello
One month ago i had hard drives problems
especially on an ubuntu/linux partition. Forums said i could have sata cable problem or hard drive problems. Hard drive testing showed an excessive temperature wile testing (approx 70oC). So i've changed the hard drive. Faster, bigger, but ... here again system continues t freeze
Now i would like to change the sata cable but:
- what reference should i buy and where ?
- on my hard drive, there are 2 cables with flat connectors. But where should they be connected to motherboard ?
- any advice to remove the old cable and replace with the new one ?
I've read plenty other topic showing it should be possible to replace the cable but i don't thins this should be a good idea to mis connect a cable.
Thank you in advance.

If you already replaced the hard drive you should know where the cables are and where they go. One is the SATA power cable that goes directly to the power supply and the other is the SATA data cable that goes to the motherboard.
So disconnect the data cable from the HDD and from the motherboard and buy the same length cable at any PC shop or web site. SATA data cables are standard and nothing unique. Just remember where the motherboard connector is.
Freezes can be caused by lots of different things and I'd investigate those before replacing the data cable.
Have you run the diagnostics on the RAM, which is a frequent cause of freezes? Have you reseated the RAM modules in their slots? Do you have the latest drivers, eg video driver, for your hardware?
Are there any updates to your apps and software?
Do the freezes happen when you're running a specific app? Since this seems to happen on the Linux partition is something not fully compatible with Linux..?

Cable hard drive 922-9818

Hi, I have a question to offer. Do you know if the power cable of the hard drive for imac 2011 is the same as those of the mac g5? thank you very much.

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Hi:
The below link has the longer cable you need.
http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=345&zenid=f72a50d38bb4fc7...
Paul
Just a note that Paul's link is not compatible with the DV7-6000 series. This one is: http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_5&products_id=379&zenid=c8e11...
**bleep**, $30 bucks just for a 6 inch cable!!! sheeeesh!

Mac freezes after 10 minutes, hard drive and sata cable replaced

MacBook Pro (MacBook Pro 15" Unibody 2.53 GHz Mid 2009) froze about a month ago. Computer would get slow and then just stop responding. Wouldn't even respond to force quit commands. Press and hold power button only way to free it up.
Directory Scan, Volume Structure failed. Bad Blocks.
Purchased new hard drive (Western Digital Blue 320 GB Mobile Hard Drive: 2.5 Inch, 5400 RPM, SATA II, 8 MB Cache) and replaced. Try restore from time machine, fails - freezes up with about 20 minutes remaining to finish.
Got a USB SATA cable (external) and new SATA cable (internal) for computer.
The drive and computer work fine when connected via external USB. Ran Apple Harware Test (ok), reset NVRAM, all software is up to date.
I replaced SATA cable in computer and tried drive internal - same problems. Still freezes after working for just a short while.
So to sum it up, new drive works via external USB but not when installed internally.
Any ideas what it could be? Did I buy the wrong drive? Do I have two bad SATA cables? Something else entirely?
Thanks! Mike

On you picture going from right to left. the cables are/WIFI/Optical Drive/Hard Drive/ Battery. What you have circled is the cable for the Hard Drive. Sometimes you can have a little extra tape on the connector. I would not use it as a grab point to remove an reseat the cable. You would want to carefully pull the cable loose and make sure there is no separation in it and then reseat it. I cannot see your hard drive in the picture,so I do not know if you have the sata or ssd drive. If it is the sata drive ,do you hear any light clicking noise when you startup? This would mean that you have possible drive damage. If you have a ssd drive (solid state drive) it is not possible to damage the drive by jarring it as there are no moving parts. Make sure all connection cables are fully seated. Include reseating of memory. If in recovery/utilities/disk utilities/ your startup volume does not show, that is problematic.There is single user and SMC reset. after that I do not know what to advise.https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203176

Macbook Pro Hard Drive Problem - Please Help

My macbook pro had a hard drive failure so I went out and bought a new hard drive and got it to work with the Mac OS, although 2 days later it crashed and now it is not being found when I use the disk utility (Cmd-R), I even ran a hardware test and showed no trouble found.
Should I return this hard drive and get another?
Or is there another problem that is occuring?
I have a Macbook Pro (mid 2012)
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I just installed a new ribbon cable for the hard drive...Now I get a new error that is popping a message saying "2003-f", this happens when I try to go to the online recovery (CMD-R). I tried two different hard drives and still won't let me get to the utility.
Someone please help, my mini semester classes have started for my University, and I am stuck with no laptop.
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Hard Drive scanner/diagnostic tool?

Hey all,
I have a 21" i3 3.06 Ghz iMac. I got it in 2011 and the warranty has expired.
Anyway, I notice that every few months after clean installing Snow Leopard, my hard drive would be come corrupt necessitating a complete reinstall of SL again.
This occurs every few months. The OS is up to date, no malware, no weird software of anything installed. Basically, everytime I boot up, it'd take about 5-10 minutes as it does the gray screen with the spinning wheel with a progress bar at the bottom of the screen.
I have tried repairing permissions and scanning for errors using disk utilities within SL and via my SL install disc. However, I am unable to repair disk because it is corrupted.
Is there any other HDD scanning tools that I can use to see whether or not my hard drive is defective?
Thanks!

I'm probably a little late to this discussion, but thought I'd throw out the information anyway, especially since "Linc Davis" mentioned failing cables.
First, it does sound like your drive is bad, not a cable. The reason I say this is that if it was a cable problem, unless it was really, really severe, it wouldn't always appear when the unit is starting up.
We use a product called Scannerz which analyzes hard drives and system faults (like cables and logic board cracks.) Info can be obtained from this site:
http://www.scsc-online.com
I've had both a bad drive on one unit, and a bad cable on another. The difference is that a drive with bad sectors on it will always fail whenever the sectors are accessed, whereas bad cables, usually with intermittent connections (think of a loose light bulb) will appear whenever and wherever they care to.
I had a system a long time ago with bad sectors in the OS region. When the system started, it would always either lock up and try incessantly to boot up, or it succeeded the boot process would get screwed up because it was reading bad data. In this case I replaced the disk. Scannerz docs say I probably could have reformatted and zeroed the drive to re-map bad sectors, but I didn't know any better at the time, and it also gave me the opportunity to get a bigger drive (this was a long time ago, and I dumped a 10G drive for a 40G drive - laugh now if you want to but 10 years ago that was a big deal!)
We got Scannerz because they have (or had) a video on their site that showed test results on a unit with a failing cable (can't guarntee it's still there - it was months ago and their web site seems to be undergoing constant modification). We were using a much more expensive tool and it was giving us results that I can only call idiotic. On one test the drive came up with problems at locations A, B, C, and D on the drive, on the next test there were no problems, then the problems were at locations P, Q, R, S, T (the letters represent sector locations). It made no sense. Scannerz apparently targets these types of problems and my company's techs were able to isolate it to a crack in the plastic cable connecting the hard drive to the logic board.
Some people claim it's too hard to use, but I don't see how. Look at the comments on it on CNET for example. One guy says you need to be a genius to use it, another almost implies a 5 year old could use it. The tool is testing only. It doesn't claim to do anything it can't.

MacBook Pro 2009 new hard drive install results in very slow function and freezing

I just wanted to post my resolution to a problem that I had trouble finding an answer to on these forums.
Short version:
I replaced the hard drive in my 2009 MacBook Pro because the computer froze and upon reboot the Disk Utility said it was corrupted, but with the new hard drive the computer ran very slowly and often showed the spinning rainbow wheel. I replaced the SATA cable that connects the hard drive to the motherboard and it works perfectly once again.
Long version:
Recently my MacBook Pro (2009 running Snow Leopard) froze up and I performed a hard reset by holding down the power button. When I turned the computer back on it would not boot OS so I ran disk utility from the Snow Leopard install DVD. The test said the hard drive was corrupted, and since the computer is way past warranty I decided to change the drive out myself. I bought a 500GB Seagate Momentus 5400 Drive from Amazon, opened the computer and replaced the existing hard drive with the new one. When I first booted from the OS install DVD, my computer was not recognizing that any hard drive was present. I read somewhere on these forums that sometimes the formatting on new Seagate drives can't be read by MacBooks and they need to be reformatted using another computer, but I tried simply taking the hard drive out and putting it back in a couple of times thinking maybe I had just not plugged it in correctly. After the 4th attempt the hard drive magically showed up, and I was able to reformat the drive and install OS and even Windows XP on bootcamp.
Everything seemed to be okay but applications were running slowly considering this was a fresh drive and OS install. Over time, the computer started to hang more and more. In OS I would get the spinning rainbow wheel even when doing something as simple as opening a browser window in Chrome or trying to type into a text field. When I tried to use Windows it would simply freeze after only a short time and I'd have to do a hard reset.
I went to the Genius Bar at the Apple store which was unhelpful, so I continued searching through these forums to try to figure out the problem. I noticed a lot of people had trouble with the SATA cable that came with the computer because it's quite thin and delicate, and would get damaged when changing out the hard drive. However most of these people seemed to experience a question mark when starting up the computer, whereas mine would fully boot and be functional for a time. I thought it unlikely that a damaged cable could possibly leave the computer partially functional. Finally though I gave in a dropped the $26 for a new SATA cable on Amazon. As soon as I installed it the problem was fixed, and the computer runs as fast as when I first bought it. I don't know if I damaged the cable changing the hard drive (I was extremely careful) or if my original hard drive was not actually corrupted and the cable was already damaged. I mentioned the possibility of the cable being damaged at the Apple store and the representative said that often times they fail because people carry the laptop with one hand, and because of the way this model was designed this puts a lot of pressure right on that thin cable. Regardless, if you do plan on changing out your hard drive in your MacBook keep in mind that the SATA cable is sensitive, and that if you experience problems with a fresh hard drive and OS install the SATA cable is a likely culprit.

If you think you have either a hard drive or a cable problem, to the best of my knowledge the only product that can help isolate both of them is Scannerz. You can check it out at:
http://scsc-online.com/Scannerz.html
I think that's the correct link. If it isn't and you're interested and that's wrong, just google it. I'd also check out their downloads section, especially the sort of short document on using path isolation to detect and isolate problems.
Scannerz can detect both errors and irregularities. It uses the surface scan progress as a reference. Cable problems never show up at the same location because they're typically intermittent. Surface problems always show up at the exact same place. That's the only product (at least commercially available) that can do that.
I don't know if this information is of any value to you because it sort of sounds like you've already solved the problem, but it might be of use if you have problems in the future.
In any case, I've seen several posts on several different sites where people were reporting insulation break down on some of the SATA cables. Apparently the insulation breaks down and the cable starts shorting to the case.

Want to replace my hard drive from 160g to 500g what do i need to know

want to replace my hard drive on a compaq presario sr055cl. it has a 160 g hard drive how big can i go
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Here is the Service Manual showing how to replace a hard drive:
Manual
It does have 2 SATA connectors. Here is a picture of the motherboard.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00069442&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en...
This is primitive SATA. It is a SATA connection to an IDE bus. However, the fact that you have a 160 gig drive already installed tells me the motherboard will accept Large Block Addressing 48 bit (LBA48) which means you are not really constrained by size. I am sure a 500 gig drive will work and will bet a 1 TB would also work. I will also bet you would have problems with a high density drive of 2 TB or higher. The existing drive is a IDE, which means it is connected to the motherboard with a flat ribbon cable. You will have a hard time finding an IDE drive on the market these days. It will have to be SATA. Just attach a SATA data cable between the hard drive and the motherboard. You will likely need to get a molex (white 4-pin) to SATA power adapter, too, but those often come with the hard drive or are available for a couple bucks at the store where hard drives are sold.
You should be able to clone the old drive to the new using cloning software. I like and recommend Acronis True Image Home. If I were doing this I would connect the new SATA drive to the motherboard port with the side cover off and also bring power to the SATA drive. I would leave the original drive in and boot from the cloning software disk doing a proportional resize so all partitions are expanded the same percentage. After the clone is complete remove the original drive and bolt the SATA drive in its place. I would just tell you to add a second hard drive but the computer only has space for one unless you want to remove the card reader.
You may need to enable the SATA ports in the BIOS if they are not currently in use. The motherboard picture page linked above tells how to enter the BIOS. Post back if you need more help.
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Importing video to external hard drive

How do I import DV directly to my LaCie external hard drive? I've daisy-chained my camcorder, hard drive, and powerbook via fire wire. I need the most basic step-by-step instructions required to tell the powerbook to send the video directly to the external drive. Apologies in advance. For most of you, this question is sub-moronic.

Re David's comment "..Don't daisy chain the camera.." ..I've never had any trouble when 'daisy-chaining' a (Sony) camcorder through an external drive, except for the first time I tried (..with a LaCie or maybe a Western Digital box..) when it made a big difference which socket the camcorder was in.
It didn't work with the cam in the socket further from the power input to the external drive; it did work perfectly with the cam in the socket nearer the power input. (..Obviously, this doesn't apply if your drive has no separate power supply, but is driven by power from the Mac down the FireWire cable.)
So if it doesn't work with the cables one way round, try swapping the cables/sockets.
This may not work for other people, and maybe not with some drives or camcorders ..but I just thought I'd mention that it's never caused problems for me ..neither with 'name' drives like LaCie, WD, etc, nor with 'no-name' generic hard drive boxes ..as long as they have two FW sockets.
(..Ah: a possible exception; I can't remember if it worked or not with drives which had both FW800 and FW400 connections. Maybe I'll try that again tonight, to see if it does work when using FW800 for the computer-to-drive connection and FW400 for the drive-to-camcorder connection..)

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