Laptop CD ROM IDE extension cable

**Paddymcc** · 03-30-2006, 05:11 AM

Has anyone heard of or seen an extension type cable for a laptop CD drive?

I know some manufacturers use propriety connectors but the vast majority use little brown male and female connectors.

**DarquePervert** · 03-30-2006, 06:24 AM

Do you want to conect the laptop CDROM to standard IDE (as the thread title indicates)?
If so, you need this: http://www.mp3car.com/store/product_...products_id=83 and an IDE cable.

If you want to simply extend the laptop drive, you need one of these: http://www.mp3car.com/store/product_...products_id=92

**Paddymcc** · 03-30-2006, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by DarquePervert

Do you want to conect the laptop CDROM to standard IDE (as the thread title indicates)?
If so, you need this: http://www.mp3car.com/store/product_...products_id=83 and an IDE cable.

If you want to simply extend the laptop drive, you need one of these: http://www.mp3car.com/store/product_...products_id=92

No it would be a cable that i can plug the CD drive into and plug the other end of the cable into the CD ROM port on the laptop.

**pip** · 03-30-2006, 09:16 AM

I seriously doubt one exists. Get the USB enclosure and put the CD-ROM in that, then use a nice long USB or firewire cable.

**2k1Toaster** · 03-31-2006, 02:46 PM

Well I don't know where you can find one, but laptop drives use a connector called a JAE 50pin cable I think. You could google it and maybe something will pop up. But in the end, you'll have to convert it to something else to use it with a non-laptop board. Same yourself the trouble and convert to IDE or USB or FireWire to begin with. USB and Firewire can go pretty far distances with data loss.