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yes
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laptop dvd drive taken out

Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:01 pm

hey
i have a dvd drive extracted from a laptop
sata cable fits
is there any way to power this on externally
the other port next to sata port is smaller so the power from a desktop supply is too big
wondering if anyone has exp with this
thanks
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Re: laptop dvd drive taken out

Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:53 pm

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/24528 ... ernal-sata

This thread has some info you may want to look at.
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Re: laptop dvd drive taken out

Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:56 pm

yes wrote:
hey
i have a dvd drive extracted from a laptop
sata cable fits
is there any way to power this on externally
the other port next to sata port is smaller so the power from a desktop supply is too big
wondering if anyone has exp with this
thanks

Something like this should work:
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Slim ... 543&sr=1-1
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