Which I probably should be posting on the tech forum but I dont feel like waiting 2+hours for a response.
My dvd rom died and I am going to go pick up a new one and install it later this afternoon. Is their anything I should know before I buy it. Like the time I went to buy/install a new HD and got asked questions about SATA1/2 and had to take a random guess which luckily turned out right?
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It's just the standard one you put inside the case, or are you talking an external drive?
I haven't ever seen anything but the standard connection for a DVDrom. The only trouble I have ever had with those is the software to play DVDs on. A few times it would have the wrong codec or some such. I would think if you just get a known drive and not a bargain bin jobbie, you shouldn't have any trouble.
Edited, Oct 30th 2007 9:39am by Kakar
I haven't ever seen anything but the standard connection for a DVDrom. The only trouble I have ever had with those is the software to play DVDs on. A few times it would have the wrong codec or some such. I would think if you just get a known drive and not a bargain bin jobbie, you shouldn't have any trouble.
Edited, Oct 30th 2007 9:39am by Kakar
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Just standard, figure probably nothing too it but I just wanted to clear it before I go out and buy one, take it home and try and install only to find out I have gotten one with some wierd type of port that only works on 386 systems made in Myanmar.
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just make note of how the jumper is set on the one that died before you install the new one. just in case you have an older IDE HDD in the computer that is also running on the same IDE port as your DVD is.
other then that, it is turn off the computer.
unplug the power
open case and remove cords from back of dead DVD and remove from case.
check jumpers and adjust as needed
install new DVD
close case, plug computer in and go.
other then that, it is turn off the computer.
unplug the power
open case and remove cords from back of dead DVD and remove from case.
check jumpers and adjust as needed
install new DVD
close case, plug computer in and go.
Singdall wrote:
just make note of how the jumper is set on the one that died before you install the new one. just in case you have an older IDE HDD in the computer that is also running on the same IDE port as your DVD is.
other then that, it is turn off the computer.
unplug the power
open case and remove cords from back of dead DVD and remove from case.
check jumpers and adjust as needed
install new DVD
close case, plug computer in and go.
other then that, it is turn off the computer.
unplug the power
open case and remove cords from back of dead DVD and remove from case.
check jumpers and adjust as needed
install new DVD
close case, plug computer in and go.
Figured as much just wanted to double check. Thanks again, mind numbingly simple task but it is my first time actually having to do it myself so I figured I would do it right the first time.
Bode - 100 Holy Paladin - Lightbringer
If you have SATA ports you might want to grab a SATA (thin usually red cable with small connecter) drive in which case you'll either want to know what type of SATA ports you have or buy a SATA1 drive as opposed to say a SATA 3G just to be safe. If it's IDE (Fat grey/black cable with wide connector) there's really only one type of IDE so any one will do.
The current speed king of DVD drives with burning capability is going to be a 20x DVD burner. Samsung and Lite On both make 20x drives in IDE or SATA with lightscribe for under $40 from newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106055
Chances are the fastest you will find locally in an 18x IDE. If you have the sata ports available, go sata. newer controller chips, better airflow on the cables, etc.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106055
Chances are the fastest you will find locally in an 18x IDE. If you have the sata ports available, go sata. newer controller chips, better airflow on the cables, etc.
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Pumpkin Lörd Kaolian wrote:
The current speed king of DVD drives with burning capability is going to be a 20x DVD burner. Samsung and Lite On both make 20x drives in IDE or SATA with lightscribe for under $40 from newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106055
Chances are the fastest you will find locally in an 18x IDE. If you have the sata ports available, go sata. newer controller chips, better airflow on the cables, etc.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106055
Chances are the fastest you will find locally in an 18x IDE. If you have the sata ports available, go sata. newer controller chips, better airflow on the cables, etc.
wow, they have sATA DVD drives now? now that would be something to see.
I just picked up a random dvd rom, plugged it in.
Just shy of 3 years old my dvd rom and dvd rw died within weeks of each other. So sad, so very sad. As some of you might recall I have been eyeing up a computer upgrade for the better part of a year now so I am not going to buy the top end dvd rom to replace hopefully within the next 3 months or so.
Just shy of 3 years old my dvd rom and dvd rw died within weeks of each other. So sad, so very sad. As some of you might recall I have been eyeing up a computer upgrade for the better part of a year now so I am not going to buy the top end dvd rom to replace hopefully within the next 3 months or so.
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wow, they have sATA DVD drives now? now that would be something to see.
Just bought one from Newegg maybe two weeks ago, oddly.
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827151153
Was like $27 shipped at the time, I'd buy another one for the current price in about a tenth of a second.
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SATA DVD drives have been around quite a while, I bought one 3 months ago, they go for the same price as the IDE drives do.
i see that. was digging around newegg after it was posted above. is there any performance difference over IDE DVD drives? i understand the sATA pipe is bigger, but does it matter when the DVD data transfer is only so fast to begin with?
no real performance difference because of the spinup limitation on dvds. The smaller cable does make for easier routing and ess air drag, and the sata drives use the newer command sets, so theoreticlly it might be faster in some limited situations that you would never really notice.
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does it matter when the DVD data transfer is only so fast to begin with?
Not at all, which is largely true of Sata HDDs too. It is, however, much neater from a cabling standpoint and hot swappable for whatever that's worth.
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Oh, you can make a dvd burner raid array too if you want to, so thats a bonus right?
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Smasharoo wrote:
does it matter when the DVD data transfer is only so fast to begin with?
Not at all, which is largely true of Sata HDDs too. It is, however, much neater from a cabling standpoint and hot swappable for whatever that's worth.
a bit off base there smash. data transfer rates on standard IDE drives vs sATA and sATA II drives is vastly different. in fact the slower sATA drives are roughly 2x as fast at sustained data transfer then the faster IDE drives.
yeah, but the rate of data the dvd read heads are able to read is far lower than the theoretical maximum transmission rate of either drive pipeline.
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