DVD Drive Interface?

[majid169]

hi

Can you help me how convert my laptop dvd drive interface to sata or ide?


here is the linke of my dvd:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...CAA6QLrLE7ZoIH2Ng&sig2=TQbr5t-JgkN3ioe9avRFZA

 

[Billb2]

There are only two types of interfaces, SATA and IDE. So you laptop should already be one or the other.

Can you describe your problem in a little more detail?

 

[majid169]

There are only two types of interfaces, SATA and IDE. So you laptop should already be one or the other.

Can you describe your problem in a little more detail?

my laptop is hpdv2297 and i want to connect its dvd drive to my pc but its interface is neither ide or sata ..The part number of this device is hp 417062-001

 

[Phynaz]

That drive is IDE. Found specs in the very first Google link.

 

[majid169]

here is linke of Dvd`pic:

http://i50.tinypic.com/4g223k.jpg

 

[majid169]

That drive is IDE. Found specs in the very first Google link.

I think it`s not! plz see the pic of DVD...

 

[Harvey]

Your photo is very fuzzy. No details visible. It looks like a mini / notebook ATA (IDE) connector, which looks like a smaller version of the standard ATA connector. Here's a pic of one:

If the center of the connector doesn't look like a SATA connector with a thin slot with an "L" shaped cutout at the end, then it's ATA.

 

[corkyg]

The DVD drive you reference is mounted in a caddy designed for use in a HP laptop. To use the drive in a desktop, it would be removed from that caddy and mounted in a compatible case having power and data connections. If it is PATA, that would be the standard 40 pin connector. SATA is as described above.

If you do all of that, the drive can't be used in your laptop unless you completely reassemble it in the caddy. This is, IMHO, a bad idea - DVD drives are too cheap these days to play this game.

 

[0roo0roo]

yea my last one pooped out, i bought a new sony burner from new egg for 20 bucks. and it was replacing one i got for the same price a long while back. these things are disposable cheap.