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laptop dvd drive ->desktop
Posted: 2003-11-09 01:09pm
by Darth Mall
my dad has an old dell external laptop dvd drive he might give me. is there any way to hook it up to my computer? it is 8x and 5v and has a serial port (one of those laptop ones. is there and sort of adaptor i culd buy.
thanx
Posted: 2003-11-09 01:16pm
by phongn
You mean parallel port connector? Yeah, you can, you just need to get the drivers for it.
Posted: 2003-11-09 01:25pm
by Darth Mall
yeah but the port doesnt fit into any of my computer ports, is there a board i woul;d buy with the ports or do i need an adaptor?
Posted: 2003-11-09 02:35pm
by phongn
What? Most computers have a standard 25-pin connector for parallel ports. Get a picture if you can, because what you think is a serial or parallel port might be something very different.
Posted: 2003-11-09 07:57pm
by Darth Mall
yeah i'm prob confused.
the bit that goes into the computer has 68 of those little metal thing (34 on each side) and the are fused to a plastic thing in the middle. It looks kinda like this:
O=plastic I=metal
OIOIOIO
OOOOOO
OIOIOIO
and so on and so on. so is there any way to hook it to my comp?
btw it also takes power from this cord..
Posted: 2003-11-09 10:19pm
by Beowulf
It's a SCSI drive. You'll need to get a SCSI card, most likely.
Posted: 2003-11-09 10:38pm
by phongn
Yep. 68-pin SCSI drive, though I don't know which SCSI standard it uses. There's so many of them.
Your best bet would be to get a SCSI card and the proper cable to hook it up. You may need to buy a terminator as well.
Posted: 2003-11-10 08:41am
by Darth Mall
thanx alot,
now i just need to figure out where to get one of those cards