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Old 01-19-2003, 06:29 PM   #3
hardware_dave
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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I have had a full size cd-rom running on a laptop alongside a laptop hard-drive as master / slave. Why bother though ? you would need to put in a psu for 12 volts for the full size drive and the home-brew connector will drive you nuts when it goes wrong.

If you want to do it though , look up laptop ide pinout on google ( I cant remember where I found it now ) , take the connector off an old laptop drive and solder it to a std. ide cable. It's nearly a 1 to 1 connection from what I remember but the diffrences matter.

Good luck

dave

PS. I think I found the pin out on a toshiba site.

PPS. If you get it wrong and blow your laptop , don't blame me.
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