>Anybody have a part number for the 2.5" IDE disk drives for the power/data >connection? I'm putting one in a PIC project but I can't identify the >connector. SMT or thru-hole is fine. hello andy, i have also a 2.5" IDE drive and the connectoins are very simple 1-40 is standard ide, 41 & 42 is vcc (5v) 43 & 44 is ground i found the connector in a catalog, but it was hard to find ! if you like i can search for the manufactor and number... >Thanks. >Andy Rob Aerts