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Dindi304
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_ 		22. June 2009 @ 17:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey there old time friend of the forums here. Had a question that could only be answered by someone with experience. Well here we go I have been modding along time but travel alot and seeing how I can’t take my pc everywhere I’m in the mind set to make a Modding Laptop. My question is if anyone knows a compatible Laptop Sata Card /pcmcia. I currently use the VIA VT6421A chipset to mod on my pc, but couldn’t find any information on Laptop Sata cards/pcmcias that would recognize Xbox 360 drives. If anyone could help me Id appreciate it. I will continue my research and post up here if I myself am able to find anything for future modders to look up. Thanks
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chris4160
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_ 		23. June 2009 @ 06:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not sure if this helps, but xecuter has a sata to usb converter here
http://www.xecuter.com.au/product_info.p...products_id=215
(sorry for the Australian link).

I suppose that would work.
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etkasoe
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_ 		23. June 2009 @ 06:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You can get a via card for laptops i believe

edit : here we are

http://cgi.ebay.com/PCMCIA-SATA-Serial-C...93%3A1|294%3A50
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gameover9
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_ 		23. June 2009 @ 10:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Problem with that link is it's PCMCIA and there are different types so this wouldn't work on all laptops. I thought there was a usb one...
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manu07
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_ 		23. June 2009 @ 11:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
how would you be able to tell if your laptop woud work with this?
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etkasoe
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_ 		23. June 2009 @ 12:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think you just need to have a free PCMCIA slot, i suppose not every laptop has one these days
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manu07
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_ 		23. June 2009 @ 12:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
nevermind i got my answer anyone know a good way to power a ck3 on a laptop any molex to usb convertor?
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gameover9
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_ 		23. June 2009 @ 13:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by manu07:
 nevermind i got my answer anyone know a good way to power a ck3 on a laptop any molex to usb convertor?
You got your answer? Did you want to share that? They make a adapter that would plug into the wall and then to the molex connection. They are like $10 for the kit.
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manu07
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_ 		23. June 2009 @ 13:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by gameover9:
Originally posted by manu07:
 nevermind i got my answer anyone know a good way to power a ck3 on a laptop any molex to usb convertor?
You got your answer? Did you want to share that? They make a adapter that would plug into the wall and then to the molex connection. They are like $10 for the kit.
lol i got my answer by googleing my laptops make and model and looking at the specs. i know that they make wall adapters i was looking for one that could be powered by a laptop so i can do mobile mods
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manu07
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_ 		23. June 2009 @ 19:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok i found a tutorial online on how to make a usb molex adapter

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17030

now i followed this method and i was successfully able to flash a liteon drive with my ck3 powered by the usb molex convertor.

the only problem i encountered was that i was not able to eject the drive to get the liteon drive into vendor mode with the eject button on the ck3 but i manually opened it and returned it to half way status everything worked fine after that. i was wondering if anyone would have any insight on how i would get the ck3 eject button to work under this method
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manu07
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_ 		23. June 2009 @ 20:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok here are the pinout for the usb cable and the molex maybe someone can figure out a way to make this work

Molex

1.yellow= 12v
2.black= ground
3.black= ground
4.red= 5v

Usb 2.0

1.red= 5v vdc
2.white= data -
3.Green= data +
4.black= ground

i figure the problem is that you cant draw the 12v through the usb cable and it is required to make the drive eject
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