Does anyone know where I could buy an extender cable for a slimline optical drive? All I have been able to find is adapters.
Thanks,
TC
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Does anyone know where I could buy an extender cable for a slimline optical drive? All I have been able to find is adapters.
Thanks,
TC
No, I an IDE slimline extender. This kind of port:
Ouch, constructed of unobtanium. Another modder made his own which he sells.
http://paul.thejennis.com/JAE50/About.html
Pricey but if you gotta have it.
Man, that's expensive. I have a hard time imagining anyone would pay that much for a cable. Maybe I'll give making my own a shot, but I'm afraid the soldering skill needed is far beyond me. Thanks for the help anyway.
I'm pretty sure you can pull those off the old bubble imac drives. I'm almost positive that's where I got mine.
Which is the bubble imac? The G4 lamp one? I took an old G3 Bondi Blue apart a while ago, and it did not have one.
Yeah they're apparently on the mac mini's also.
I just looked at the ifixit teardown of the mac mini- both the new and old versions- and did not see a cable like this.
You're right I don't t see it either. Here is the discussion that gave me the idea.
http://www.123macmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5895
Dell laptops (d600 maybe) used a similar cable. I believe it was jae 50 on one end and IDE 40 on the other but not sure.
http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...t=67936&page=2
Edit: I just found a Dell ultra bay and the connector looks to be wider than the JAE 50
