Thread: Where to find the CORRECT laptop CDR/DVD to Desktop IDE Adapters

Originally posted by PTCruiser
Which model is it?

A slim slot in or a tray in....

The slot in model have the JAE50 connector rotated by 180°

I think thats what he was asking about (apple dvdrom slot loading drives), and I thought that someone else has potentially found a source for them.

vicumar is the guy who was selling them... kinda pricey too.

not to sound like a whiner, but he is very secretive about the source of the parts. kinda like he doesnt want anyone to be able to undersell him.

anyway, there is an apple part number for the adapter you are looking for. i'll try to look for it, i know it has been posted.

~mike

*edit*

here is the page that shows the part number...
Apple Slim Slot DVD Adapter!!!
it is on the last post. by the way, i tried getting one from the apple store, as well as an apple repair shop, and both came up no-go. you cant order parts from the store and the shop had no idea what the part was... best of luck

Just an update.... I have the slot load DVD for Imac
(SR-8185-C) with that stoopid JAE adapter, and the cheesey
adapters I have dont fit the right way and not flush against the drive (the 40-pin connector juts out slightly in the back)

From what I've been hearing in this group, that the adapter
might actually be a 3rd party product that was created to allow use of Slimline/laptop type CD/DVD drives in some Apple computers (g3, Imac) so searching thru Mac part suppliers may be key to all our problems...

If we can get a picture of the adpater that clearly displays the part or product # we'll have an easier time finding someone who has it...

Not knocking anyone, but right now I'll take the adapter from wherever I can get it, IF it can get to me in a decent amount of time



Toon

Where were those things a few months ago? some of us were pulling our hair out looking for them




Toon

(just send me a shoebox full of them, hehehe)