Need help with hard drive (might have purchased the wrong one)

sarahlogginsarahloggin
edited June 2006 in Hardware
Hi, I've posted before and got some good feedbacks. In short, my laptop's hard drive died so I was looking for a replacement. I was supposed to get one with ata-6. I recently purchased one on ebay but noticed that it says ultra ata/100 and now I'm wondering if I purchased the wrong one. But the same item on newegg, it clearly says ata-6. So my question is if these two terms (ultra ata/100 and ata-6) are used interchangeably and thus the same. Or did I mess up by buying the wrong item?

These items have the same model number.
This one here on Ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=42184&item=6879594771
has ultra ata/100 but
this one on newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148088
says ata 6.

Doesn't that mean they are the same thing?

Comments

  • EssoEsso Stockholm, Sweden
    edited June 2006
    No worrys mate, here is the paper about ATA,
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Technology_Attachment

    ATA-6 is ATA/100 i.e. 100 MB/s
  • sarahlogginsarahloggin
    edited June 2006
    Thanks for that.
    I have another concern. Comparing my dead hard drive and what I purchased on Ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6879594771&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D6879594771%2B%26fvi%3D1
    my dead one has this black plastic thing covering the pins (I think they're called pins but they are the little metal parts that stick out on either top or bottom of hard drive), but the picture on Ebay does not have the pins covered by this plastic thing.
    Do hard drives usually come with this black platic thing covering the pins?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    No. The black thing on your old hard drive will actually slide off, and you can place it over the pins on the new one.
  • sarahlogginsarahloggin
    edited June 2006
    How does it just slide off? I've been trying to remove it but to no avail. Do I have to unscrew the hard cover of my hard drive? I had trouble doing that too since the scews are so small. Or is this black thing covering the pins connected to the inside of hard drive?
  • sarahlogginsarahloggin
    edited June 2006
    Got it!!!
    I was able to slide this off!!! What a fool I was. It's not my field, but should have used common sense.
    Well, I want to thank everyone who contributed. Really appreciate your help. Chances are I'll be back for more questions.
    Thanks again!!!
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