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Pin 11, on most drives is taken to ground along with Pins 10 and 12 as has been said ... There was also a time back when hard drives were 5" bricks where the LED would be right on the drive's ...

How to Tell If Your Notebook Hard Drive Is SATA or PATA. ... Count the pins or contacts on the cables. A PATA drive requires 39 or 40 holes in the data cable, ...

I received a notebook hard drive today, and several pins are bent (some so far that they touch the pin next to them). Is there anything better than ...