What connector is this???

[amu123123]

I have an old Gateway laptop, its probably the first gen i7 and i thought i bring some life in to it with an ssd in what at first looked like a normal sata drive bay. Now i cant figure out what it is.

First, its upright and not facing forward????
Second, the cut out are in the wrong spot????

A 2.5" drive will fit nicely in the space in front of this but its not like any connector i have ever seen.

Connector pic

Pic of the motherboard of the internet
http/tinylink.in/4Z0M2

Thanks.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Check the old drive. Often there's an adapter piece in it. It looks like they wanted to lift the drive out vertically rather than slide it first.

 

[amu123123]

This bay was empty from that start. It never had anything in it. The other side has a normal sata. "It looks like they wanted to lift the drive out vertically rather than slide it" that makes seance because the 2.5" drive fits perfectly with almost no space to move. Now the question is what is this cable called Sata to xxx? probably some Ribbon cable?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

The exact connector might depend on the laptop model, or at least series.

Google is probably your friend here, sorry.

I doubt it's a ribbon.

 

[amu123123]

Well i found it
http/www.amazon.ca/Acer-20-PUM07-001-Cover-Connector-HDD/dp/B00449TTNC
part number from gateway: 20.PUM07.001

no one would have this in stock and its not worth more then $5 to so i might as well just get rid of the cd rom and install the hdd there with a caddy and the ssd in the main slot.

Thanks for you help.