[mythtv-users] IDE adapter/cable.

[drew einhorn]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:48 PM, David Brodbeck<gull at gull.us> wrote:
> drew einhorn wrote:
>>
>> All I can find is desktop to laptop hard drive adapters.
>>
>> Laptop cd/dvd drives use a funny connector that I've never seen
>> anywhere else.  It is much smaller than a 2.5" laptop IDE connector.
>> It supplies power in addition to data.  Hmm.  Maybe it's some other
>> interface and not IDE.
>
> No, it's IDE.  I've seen adapter boards that screwed to the back of the
> drive and had standard IDE connectors on them.  The cheapest way to get one
> is to salvage one out of an old low-profile desktop or 1U server, but this
> place has them for $15 each:
> http://www.itxdepot.com/xcart/home.php?cat=38200

Actually they sell them in of 3, so it's $15 for 3 adapters.
-- 
Drew Einhorn