Laptop HDD interface unknown, any ideas?

[terp4life2001]

Hello everyone,

I bought a used Dell Lattitude CPX to build a digital picture frame with. I want to remove the harddrive and replace it with a flash part. My original idea was to get a $20 IDE to Compact Flash adapter, however, my laptop isn't IDE and I'm not really sure what it is. It might be some kind of mini-SCSI. Here is a link to a picture of the interface

Does anyone know what that interface is?

The drive itself is some kind of mini-IDE, and the drive bay converts the mystery interface to mini-IDE, here is a picture of that.



I guess I can always do this.

mystery interface -> mini-IDE - using the drive bay itself
mini-IDE -> IDE - I'm assuming I can find that adapter online somewhere
IDE -> Compact Flash - I've seen these adapters around for about $20

Am I overlooking something? With all of these connectors is there any problem getting power to the flash chip?

Thanks in advance!

//Rob

 

[underdone]

mystery interface -> mini-IDE

Do that then get the IDE converter for the compact flash. That connector is just some proprietary one that dell came up with because, well its a dell.

 

[Y2K SE]

That connector is just some proprietary one that dell came up with because, well its a dell.

It prevents the drive pins from getting bent while installing and uninstalling the drive.

 

[underdone]

It prevents the drive pins from getting bent while installing and uninstalling the drive.

Ah, i see i just assumed it was a dell proprietary thing.

 

[Y2K SE]

Ah, i see i just assumed it was a dell proprietary thing.

No, many notebooks use the same idea (different connector, though). Toshiba, IBM, HP/Compaq...