Wiley
27th Jun 2011, 04:52
My Dell Inspiron 6000 has finally given up the ghost and won't start, so I've accepted it has to go. It has a Western Digital WD1600BEVE 160gb 'Enhanced'IDE (EIDE) HD (with data on it I'd like to recover).
Which leads me to my problem. I suspect the 'E' in the EIDE is a Dell-specific thing, because the connector isn't a standard IDE two row male/female thing, but a 21 pin double sided male spade arrangement, which of course, won't take a standard IDE connector.
I've called Dell and they say there are third party EIDE/SATA connectors available, but can't tell me where to find them or, more importantly, what to call them.
Does anyone have any ideas of where to find such a connector (or an EIDE to IDE would do) and what to call it?
A second question: the problem with the old Inspiron is that on start up, I get a black screen with the flashing cursor at the top left. I suspect its a CPU problem. Does anyone else have a better idea?
Which leads me to my problem. I suspect the 'E' in the EIDE is a Dell-specific thing, because the connector isn't a standard IDE two row male/female thing, but a 21 pin double sided male spade arrangement, which of course, won't take a standard IDE connector.
I've called Dell and they say there are third party EIDE/SATA connectors available, but can't tell me where to find them or, more importantly, what to call them.
Does anyone have any ideas of where to find such a connector (or an EIDE to IDE would do) and what to call it?
A second question: the problem with the old Inspiron is that on start up, I get a black screen with the flashing cursor at the top left. I suspect its a CPU problem. Does anyone else have a better idea?