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jimisbell · Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 9:36 am Post subject:

I thought this was a "regular" 2.5" drive. Its for a IBM laptop. Is IBM some sort of non standard?

stroths · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:41 am Post subject:

That is odd. Maybe its non-standard or has some adapter on it that uses a separate power connector. Here is a diagram of a standard 44 pin connection. You will notice the extra 4 pins (compared to a 40 pin PATA drive) are for power.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/5310c/Jumpers.htm
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jimisbell · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:54 am Post subject:

jimisbell · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:08 pm Post subject:

But, now that I look at all the components I realize that what I really need is a CF to CF ribbon cable. My HD, an IBM Travelstar Model DJSA-210 10gb drive has a male connection that is exactly the same as the CF connector on the T5700 mother board. So I am assuming that a 7" ribbon cable with a female connector on each end will put the 10gig drive in operation.

BUT...I have searched EBay and can find none for sale. Does anyone have a source for this cable????

stroths · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 6:26 am Post subject:

The connector on the HP thin client is a 44 pin male PATA. Search on ebay with 44 pin cable and you will get a lot of results. For a standard laptop drive, it must be female on both ends of the cable. This is the cable you would use with a standard laptop hard drive. It's the same type I used to connect a 30gb 2.5 laptop drive to one of my thin clients when I was testing different configurations.
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jimisbell · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 9:41 am Post subject:

Thanks. That's the info I was missing. I didnt realize till today that the standard IDE was 40 pin and these are 44 pin. Somehow I had it in my mind that IDE was 44 pin and without looking closely they are almost the same size! The adapter that I was discussing that I have is a 44pin laptop HD to 40 pin IDE adapter.

jimisbell · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:27 pm Post subject: WOW, that was EASY

I plugged the 8" female to female laptop drive cable into the IBM Travelstar 10 gb hard drive, pulled the flash drive out of its socket carefully, pluged the other end of the cable there, mounted the HD to the metal top of the TC5700 case (the TC5710 is harder because there are more heat sinks) closed the thing up, connected a mini keyboard, mouse and monitor and turned the mess on. It booted immediately to Windows ME (thats what I had left on the drive three years ago when it went into the junk box)

Then I plugged in a USB CD drive with the XP CD in it and re booted. 51 minutes later I have a FULL XP system running on the T5700. Works just like its should.

Tomorrow I will install the MJ, OBD software, and what ever else I think might be handy in the car.

Its the simplest install I have ever done and no modifications to the computer. I think if one wants to add a real HD to a TC then they should consider a 5700 NOT a 5710 because all you will loose if some speed...800 mhz as opposed to 1.2Ghz but you dont have to modify a thing and the installation including mounting the drive to the lid is less than 45 minutes. The install of XP takes longer than that and its all automated. Very Happy

stroths · Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject: Re: WOW, that was EASY

stroths · Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 11:14 pm Post subject: Re: WOW, that was EASY

jimisbell · Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 9:22 am Post subject:

I got the OBD-II software installed and running, I got the GPS installed and running, but the MJ wouldnt install, it said I had the wrong version. I think all I have to do is install SP2 which is not yet installed...I hope that is all it is.

I have found a joystick like trackball that you operate with your thumb with a trigger under your finger to do the "left click" that I plan on adding and I think I have also found a nice VGA 6.5" monitor that will mount nicely in the dash on EBAY for less than $40 delivered.

jimisbell · Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject:

I can not find SP2 to install it. When I search for SP2 I find lots of places that want to sell me something under the guise of a free SP2 download. But I know I have downloaded it in the past with no problems. Can anyone tell me where to look to get an SP2 update without wading through a bunch of crap that I have to buy to get access to it??

I am absolutely sure I have done this before as I have used this CD before and I was always informed by BigFix to go get SP2 and I did. But now BigFix is no longer supported.

I am also having a problem getting the OS activated as it doesnt want toconnect to the activation center and if I try to activate it by phone I have to shut down the computer to turn on my MJ so I can call them. But that means it will generatye another activation code that wont match the one I give the guy on the phone.

Maybe I dont need SP2 but MJ doesnt like it the way it is and tells me it cannot install on this version of XP, and I think I read somewhere that MJ needs SP2??

This has turned into a mess.
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stroths · Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 10:05 pm Post subject:

almostageek · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 02 May 2009 Posts: 8

I am trying to pull the ewfntldr file off of a t5730 running xpe sp3, but after a search I can not find the file. Does sp3 use the ewfntldr file?

jimisbell · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject:

I found the easy way to activate it was to put the HD on my desktop and go from there. It worked perfectly.
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