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post #1 of 11
11/3/06 at 9:15pm
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Hi I just bought a new HD for my sager 9860. when i ordered my notebook, I opted for a 60GB ATA hard drive but i was told that the notebook can use SATA hard drives too so that is what i ordered. When my new Seagate Momentus 160GB SATA HD came it doesnt fit with the ports. how do i get the SATA port to change it with the ATA ones? here are some pics to clarify what I am trying to say:

This is the ports I have for my notebook HD


The 60GB ATA HD I've been using


The new 160GB HD I've just ordered


Some help please!!!!
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post #2 of 11
11/4/06 at 2:40am
Well, I don't have a solution. I have a 5760 and the media bay option, 2nd HDD Bracket $25.00USD, holds the notebook SATA drive like you got. When I got mine, all the local stores had only one - 60GB, no alternatives. The good news is that many of the newer laptops take SATA drives, and a 160GB SATA is something not yet in local stores (at least where I live). You can probably sell the SATA and get exactly what you need. Good luck.
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post #3 of 11
11/4/06 at 5:11am
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I need to get the one on the the left!! argh!


@mhthomas5
thanks for the tips but i really want to change the port to use SATA since SATA hard drives are faster and better than PATA hard drives.
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post #4 of 11
11/4/06 at 4:23pm
I had problems configuring my 2nd SATA HDD in my 5760 because it has RAID option in BIOS and kept trying to boot from 2nd HDD no matter what I did. Finally, I left RAID in BIOS turned off, and configured the 2nd SATA HDD in BIOS boot section - "do not boot".
Thanks for the picture. I might not have believed it if I had not seen. Basically, you need something like this?
http://tinyurl.com/t5lbe

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post #5 of 11
11/4/06 at 4:30pm
And, another thought. You might test 2x HDD configuration with your current ATA cabling and BIOS just to make sure that cable supports 2 independent (non RAID) configuration. In the media bay option on my 5760, the port used by the CDROM is about an inch long but the SATA HDD Bracket goes into a second socket that is very tiny - smaller than the size of a typical USB cable end. I was worried this second tiny port was only for RAID, but in fact it works great for a 2nd independent SATA drive (once BIOS is set).
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post #6 of 11
11/5/06 at 4:04am
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ahhhh!! the link for the SATA cable is so expensive!! $68 for a piece of cable!!?? I'm gonna give sager an email if i can buy that off of them. it has to be cheaper than $20 i believe!!!
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post #7 of 11
11/5/06 at 5:06am
Totally agree. I googled and found another link (no picture) for same thing that cost $10. But, shipping might have been more. Try google. The reason I posted that link ($68) was because they had the same picture as yours, and the items said "in stock" (sometimes that is BS however on the internet). You can probably use google, find a cable for $10 and call for availability and shipping costs. No problem, me thinks. :-)

For example, but I do not know about this website, just googled it up:
http://www.rjtech.com/miva/merchant....Code=HDCB-D900
They give a phone # and it might be good idea to call and see if this cable is a match, e.g. has two drive connectors you need, and if they have it in stock. If you are really curious you can probably check the BBB on their business name and address.
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post #8 of 11
11/5/06 at 5:42am
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yeah i was googling too and that site came up too. man THANKS for taking the time to help me look for this! haha but I want to see if sager has it first before i buy it from reseller n I already contacted them. im just waiting for a reply ^^
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post #9 of 11
11/17/06 at 2:43pm
If Sager does not Help I can vouch for RJTech as other customers have successfully ordered from them before with good results.
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post #10 of 11
11/19/06 at 12:21am
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Thanks Charles! I ordered from RJTech and it came pretty quickly and the packing was neatly done. Thanks for the recommendation mhthomas & charles!
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post #11 of 11
11/20/06 at 12:17pm
Your welcome
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