He's dealing with the interface between the drive and the motherboard.
While some motherboards accept the drive connector (which as you
correctly note is standard) directly, many do not and use a short
interface adapter between the drive and the motherboard. That is his
situation, and that's what he's looking for (and it's part of the drive
caddy).


Joel Kolstad wrote:
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>> JM wrote:
>>> I'm not sure what the part is called, but it's the part that fits onto the
>>> laptop hard drive pins to adapt the hard drive to the motherboard. I know
>>> they come in many different designs, and I suspect they are in large part
>>> proprietary. I desperately need one for an Averatec 5110P.
>> They are proprietary, unfortunately.
>
> Ummm... not usually. The *vast* majority of 2.5" hard drives use the same
> connector, and even with 1.8" hard drives most will be one of 2.
>
>>> Can someone suggest a source? Averatec has not been of help to this point.
>
> Is it a 2.5" hard drive? If so:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812119020
>
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