Replacing a half size cd rom drive with a notebook drive

[stolte]

this isn't necessarily modding, more like scrapping - but hey. Basically I have a micro tower that just had its CD-Rom go out... don't know anyone with a micro tower and don't want to bother buying another CD drive. However, I do have a couple archived laptops laying around with working CD-Roms... would they be compatible?

[nil8]

Not without an adapter. Laptops use a different interface for their optical devices.

If the standard for the micro tower optical drive is ide, then you can pick up an adapter online for a few bucks.

A picture would be worth it's weight in gold right now.

[rendermandan]

Saw this post from the Black pumkin the other day. Here is his link. http://www.interloper.com/products/product-details.php?productid=53700000&cat=5370&mfgn=&page=1&sec=1&od=

[stolte]

oh jeez. thanks for the tips, looks like it almost might be cheaper to buy a cheap cd-rom :)