TDR Posted March 17, 2009 Posted March 17, 2009 Hi guys, I need a diagram to connect a Normal IDE CD Rom To a laptop, Yes I can use a encloser for that, But the problem is laptop is very old, and the CD Rom doesn't work now. So I decided to try connecting a standard CD Rom to this, I think It can be done. So any body have a solution? Thanx :) Quote
Sparda Posted March 17, 2009 Posted March 17, 2009 While the CD drive on the laptop will have a IDE interface, the actual connector could be wired up any number of ways. The only way to determine this would be to follow the traces on the motherboard on the laptop and figure which of the traces are pins 1 to 40 and which ones carry power, though the power carrying pins are likely to be physically bigger. Quote
TDR Posted March 17, 2009 Author Posted March 17, 2009 Hmm.... I got the Pinout s of both interfaces, Will try smthing and let you guys know too. If any 1 have the exact diagram pls post. Quote
stingwray Posted March 17, 2009 Posted March 17, 2009 How are you going to power the drive? The desktop optical drive will want to consume more power than the laptop is willing to provide, so while the interfaces are the same just different sockets you'll need to supplement power from some where. I suppose you could link in a couple of usb ports just for power, but seems like bit of a waste of time to be given how cheap the adapters are now. Quote
TDR Posted March 18, 2009 Author Posted March 18, 2009 Hmm I will power it separately, ya it sounds crazy, while you have converters, Im gonna make it my self, Just an experiment. Quote
Seshan Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 I know that they have connectors that you can use for laptop drives (Some are removable) and it give it a USB out and a power supply. They probably have something like that for normal drives. I wish I could remember where I saw I want to get one now. Quote
FireTime Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Found a table with a little googling ATA_50_to_40_pin_(notebook_CD-ROM) Quote
TDR Posted March 19, 2009 Author Posted March 19, 2009 Found a table with a little googling ATA_50_to_40_pin_(notebook_CD-ROM) Thanx, Appreciate your help Quote
coedshowers Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 buy the adaptor its like $3 from china. ive bought alot of these for use with itx systems :/ going from laptop to normal ide is something i havent seen but why not use a usb to ide Quote
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