[mythtv-users] IDE adapter/cable.

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Tue Sep 1 03:51:59 UTC 2009


On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:29 PM, drew einhorn<drew.einhorn at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Carl
> Fongheiser<carlfongheiser at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:33 PM, drew einhorn<drew.einhorn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have an old laptop ide dvd recorder I'd like to stick
>>> in a mini-itx box, does anybody know of a source
>>> for an adapter or cable the has a desktop IDE
>>> connector on one end and laptop IDE connector
>>> on the other?
>>
>> If you hunt around on newegg or similar sites, you'll find them pretty
>> easily.  They're pretty cheap, too.  (~$8 for one I saw on newegg.)
>
> 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.  They have been using the same connector
> for a long time, long before I even heard of a SATA drive.

Its definitely IDE, just in a different wrapper. http://pinouts.ru is
very comprehensive...


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