ALL laptop IDE (aka PATA, EIDE) drives are the same and have a 44-pin
connector.

However, all laptops currently being made, and most made in the past two
years, don't use IDE drives, they use SATA drives, which are totally
different.


Richard Cole wrote:
> Hi
>
> I want to change the drive in my Acer Aspire 3610 from 40Gb to 80Gb so I
> can install Vista (Got the DVD and key from MSDN). However looking on the
> web there are 40 pin and 44 pin drives.
>
> I assume that the laptop required a 44 pin drive (with the extra 4 pins
> being the power supply).
>
> Can someone confirm or refute this or will I have to open it up in advance
> and take a look?
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard
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