turning an internal laptop DVD drive into an external DVD drive?
ok, so I have a laptop DVD combo drive from an old IBM laptop.
I'm not familiar with the "plug" for laptop DVD drives.
are they standardised like regular HDDs? eg ide/sata , etc.
is there an adapter I can get to make an internal dvd drive into an external?
I know you can get IDE to USB2 adapters for regular 3.5 and 2.5 ide HDDS and Regular DVD burners.
years ago it seemed that DVD internal laptop drives were proprietry. has this changed?
sorry, I'm not up with Laptop internal drives.
sorry long question.
my question again incase you have forgotten
can I turn an internal laptop DVD drive into an external DVD drive?
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Aug 30, 2009. 6:08 PMorksecurity
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The IBM/Lenovo internal DVD (as opposed to disk) drives that I've used have indeed used proprietary connector designs. I know it was possible to plug these drives into "docking stations" for the IBM laptops; that might be one solution. Or Lenovo might have a USB-attached external case, which would be a smaller/cheaper solution. The question is going to be whether your "old" drive is still supported by currently available hardware.
Aug 30, 2009. 5:49 PMgmxx
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yes...
see: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001KUYF5K/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3MOQK082SM8PH&v=glance
laptop hard drive interfaces are pretty standarized.
i have a little adapter for laptop hard drive to ide works on all of the laptop drives i have used it on. its a little piece of pcd with some plugs on it.
the linked item will do what you want.
see: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001KUYF5K/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3MOQK082SM8PH&v=glance
laptop hard drive interfaces are pretty standarized.
i have a little adapter for laptop hard drive to ide works on all of the laptop drives i have used it on. its a little piece of pcd with some plugs on it.
the linked item will do what you want.
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