From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Fri Jul 26 2002 - 19:38:06 EDT
not everyone has thos dikes..
for experimentation, bend it out of the way..
after one or two bends it'll break off..
the ribbon cable is 2mm center cable..
i have some..
the connectors are the same..
i have one or two of those as well..
(if i can find them all)
the 701 won't be damaged by putting it in backwards, but the CF might..
can you not find pin #1..
its usually marked with a tiny square or triangle.. depending.. square on
PWB's.. the square pad is pin #1..
have fun..
OH?! why are you wanting a CF solid state disk..??
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Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Geary" <Mike_at_Geary.com>
To: "Jonathan Berry" <jberry_at_islandnet.com>; <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 3:42 PM
Subject: RE: [701C] Solid-state laptop hard drive ?
> > When they tell me which &#!@ pin to snip, I'll be happy to do it
> > myself, but I'm not sure I have the right tool. I'm thinking
> > maybe I should bend it a few times with fine pliers and maybe
> > it will break. They also offered that I could desolder the
> > pin, but I'm thinking that the heat could damage the connector.
>
> Can't help you with the pin identification, but I can tell you that both
of
> those are bad choices for snipping it.
>
> The tool you need is a small pair of diagonal cutters with a flat edge,
not
> a beveled edge. This will snip the pin flush against the connector without
> damaging anything else--assuming you have the right pin! :-)
>
> -Mike
>
>
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