Help: I might have purchased wrong HD

[sarahloggin]

Hi, I've posted before and got some good feedbacks. In short, my laptop's hard drive died so I was looking for a replacement. I was supposed to get one with ata-6. I recently purchased one on ebay but noticed that it says ultra ata/100 and now I'm wondering if I purchased the wrong one. But the same item on newegg, it clearly says ata-6. So my question is if these two terms (ultra ata/100 and ata-6) are used interchangeably and thus the same. Or did I mess up by buying the wrong item?

These items have the same model number.
This one here on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=42184&item=6879594771

has ultra ata/100 but
this one on newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148088

says ata 6.

Doesn't that mean they are the same thing?

 

[paparazi]

It's the same thing.
See:

http://images10.newegg.com/UploadFi...ng-Internal_Hard_Drive_Buying_Guide-v1.1e.doc

Quote:
Currently the two most popular standards for ATA hard drives are the ATA-6 (which is also known as Ultra ATA 100 or Ultra DMA 100) and ATA 133.
You shouldn't have any problems.
Martin


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[sarahloggin]

Thanks for that.
I have another concern. Comparing my dead hard drive and what I purchased on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...search.dll?from=R40&satitle=6879594771+&fvi=1

my dead one has this black plastic thing covering the pins (I think they're called pins but they are the little metal parts that stick out on either top or bottom of hard drive), but the picture on Ebay does not have the pins covered by this plastic thing.
Do hard drives usually come with this black platic thing covering the pins?

 

[sarahloggin]

Got it!!!
I was able to slide this off!!! What a fool I was. It's not my field, but should have used common sense.
Well, I want to thank everyone who contributed. Really appreciate your help. Chances are I'll be back for more questions.
Thanks again!!!

 

[PRPhx]

sarahloggin:
The little black plastic thing you mentioned are called jumpers. They are used to determine the hd's role (Master, Slave or Cable Select). You will want to make sure that your hd is set either as master or to cable select. The hard drive or manual should have a diagram as to which pins need to be jumped.

 

[oisnds]

PRPhx,
Laptop hard drives also sometimes have an adaptor that slides over the data pins.