Thread: Laptop Cd-ROM drive

You will need an adaptor to connect it to your PC. These are the same adaptors used to connect a laptop hard drive to a normal (low-density) IDE cable.

FRY's and other retailers have them for around $6.00.

You may have to open up the case of the laptop CDROM to get at the IDE connector, though. Most CD-ROMs have a special connector for when the unit is docked into the laptop, and these are usually proprietary connectors.

As for skipping, I don't think it will be much better than a regular desktop CDROM, but there may be a little more anti-shock mechanisms built into a laptop CDROM because of the nature of a laptop vs. a stationary desktop machine.

Most laptop drives have a "click-in" spindle type tray with the laser and motor in the tray itself, so you have to be a little more careful with them. At Comdex I did see a slot-loading laptop DVD drive that was pretty cool -- no tray to mess with and it's only 5/8" thick


--Jason
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I think it was HG microelectronics or something like that. I know they were a manufacturer based in Asia somewhere. The unit would be perfect for an in-dash system!


--Jason
http://www.m2pc.com