DVD-Multi problem

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Shawn
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Re: DVD-Multi problem

#11 Post by Shawn »

You will need the whole caddy and drive....Last one cost me $50 on ebay..They are very hard to find....

Here is the thing to look for.

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Re: DVD-Multi problem

#12 Post by d9e5v4 »

Shawn wrote:You will need the whole caddy and drive....Last one cost me $50 on ebay..They are very hard to find....

Here is the thing to look for.

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Ok, so how do you tell? The connector inside my laptop and the dvd are the same. So I assume the sata and pata are identical? How could you tell it's pata, the part number?

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Re: DVD-Multi problem

#13 Post by Shawn »

UMMM..... the red circle and arrows...That extra pin is only on the SATA drives.
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Re: DVD-Multi problem

#14 Post by d9e5v4 »

Shawn wrote:UMMM..... the red circle and arrows...That extra pin is only on the SATA drives.
Ooh, ok. Seen the extra pin, but didn't know it was only on the satas. I looked inside the laptop slot and it has holes for the two pins that mine has plus one more off to the side. So you can put a pata drive into a sata pc but not the other way around. I'm learning... Thanks!

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