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.

Can someone suggest a source? Averatec has not been of help to this point.

Thank you,

jm

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.

> Can someone suggest a source? Averatec has not been of help to this point.

Haha, you amaze me (not!). Averatec is an unmitigated pack of
charlatans and wankers of the first water.

Unfortunately your best bets are:
1. Look on eBay for the part or a parts machine
2. Find out what other brands are the same machine as this particular
model. Averatec is a shell company that doesn't make anything; their
machines are OEMed from Twinhead.
3. Ask on averatecforums.com

<zwsdotcom******.com> wrote in message
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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

Joel Kolstad wrote:
> <zwsdotcom******.com> wrote in message
> news:1165536946.301903.251490@80g2000cwy.googlegro ups.com...
> > JM wrote:
> >> I'm not sure what the part is called, but it's the part that fits onto the

> > 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.

You didn't read the original posting, quoted above for your
convenience.

The OP is asking for the cable/adapter that adapts the standard HDD
connector to a proprietary interface on the laptop. Sometimes this is a
semi-standard pins-to-2mm-pitch-edge-connector adapter, most often it
is a FFC that is completely proprietary.

Normally, the item that you want is part of a "caddy" for the hard
drive, although technically you might find one without the rest of the
caddy parts.

VERY proprietary, and you chances of finding one are slim, but E-Bay is
the best source if you can't get one from Averatec.


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.
>
> Can someone suggest a source? Averatec has not been of help to this point.
>
> Thank you,
>
> jm
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: "Averatec is a shell company that doesn't make anything; their
machines are OEMed from Twinhead"

That fact, in and of itself, is potentially of enormous help to the
person who needs the part.

zwsdotcom******.com wrote:
> 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.
>
>> Can someone suggest a source? Averatec has not been of help to this point.
>
> Haha, you amaze me (not!). Averatec is an unmitigated pack of
> charlatans and wankers of the first water.
>
> Unfortunately your best bets are:
> 1. Look on eBay for the part or a parts machine
> 2. Find out what other brands are the same machine as this particular
> model. Averatec is a shell company that doesn't make anything; their
> machines are OEMed from Twinhead.
> 3. Ask on averatecforums.com
>

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:
> <zwsdotcom******.com> wrote in message
> news:1165536946.301903.251490@80g2000cwy.googlegro ups.com...
>> 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
>
>

<zwsdotcom******.com> wrote in message
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> You didn't read the original posting, quoted above for your
> convenience.

Ah, I'm sorry, I was thinking of the wrong thing. I did read the original
post, but clearly not closely enough.