I have such an adapter in my hand right now, and I don't understand what you mean by "the pins don't match the standard ide..."
You can't fit it in the IDE cable, or it fits, but the drive doesn't work?
Pins on a laptop HD (being much smaller in size to fit IN a laptop) are not the same as a standard IDE HD found in most PC's
The adapter shown above will work. You connect that to the laptop HD, and your desktop IDE cable and power connect to the adapter.
Pins on a laptop HD (being much smaller in size to fit IN a laptop) are not the same as a standard IDE HD found in most PC's
The adapter shown above will work. You connect that to the laptop HD, and your desktop IDE cable and power connect to the adapter.