Re: Re[2]: help-HD swap

[Harry Seaman <hseaman@execpc.com>]

On Sat, 20 Jul 1996 keith_mishkind@colpal.com wrote:

>      Hey,  I'll check the site to verify what you are saying but it defies 
>      my current reality.  EIDE is a different standard with different pin 
>      outs.  I have freely been swapping hard drives between laptops for 
>      Years and IDE drives have been easily swapable.  The 540 and 810 
>      drives from IBM are IDE not EIDE.  It is conceivable that a BIOS 
>      upgrade was needed to upgrade but this does not make IDE into EIDE.

I did upgrade the bios. it didn't help.

I was able to fdisk and format the 540 in another laptop (chaplet 386)
I put back in the 750 and still nothing.  I did notice that "340 MB" is
printed on the multi conductor flat ribbon cable that connects the hd to
the main board.
So the consensus is putting an EIDE drive into a computer made for IDE
won't work? what a bummer
Anyone want to trade a 540 or larger IDE for a almost brand new WD AL2540
2.5 in drive??