My dell dimension cd/dvd drive has broken and I need to replace it. All dvd drives now seem to be SATA technology and not PATA. How do I get aroud this and avoid the £100 cost to get a new dvd/cd drive
2007-06-12 01:25:42 · 3 answers · asked by kelkoogg 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Look for IDE drives
they have lots.
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=5&name=CD-DVD-Burners
2007-06-12 01:30:52 · answer #1 · answered by PBcompanies.com 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bought a pata DVD writer in PC World a few weeks ago for under £30... and they only had pata cd/dvd drives then.
2007-06-12 01:32:21 · answer #2 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are still plenty of DVD drives in PATA format.
http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/539205/art/lg/gsa-h42lrbb-internal-writ.html
http://www.dealtime.co.uk/xPF-Samsung-DVD-BURN-SAMSUNG-SH-S182M-BEBN-BK
And they are cheap.
2007-06-12 01:57:08 · answer #3 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋