2.5" HDD for A600

[amiga_noob]

Hi all

Can I adapt a leptop HDD for my A600.
I tried connecting it but the HDD wont power up.
Do I have to adapt the cable?

The HDD works and the A600 IDE controler work because I have tried a 3.5" HDD.

Please can anyone help.

Thanks

[amiga_noob]

Hi
Funny you should mention about it taking a long time to boot.
Mine took about 20-30 mins to boot up, the caps light stayed on aswell.
But I got a new mobo now.

But I put a 3.5" hdd but it only worked if the IDE cable was connected the wrong way round. It worked fine like that.
But now I have a new mobo I would like to use a 2.5" HDD.

I connect it the correct way round and the computer boots up but the HDD don't spin up.
I'll try what adolescent suggested with the boot disk.

Cheers for all the info.