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    Need Help finding enclosure for Dell Optical Drive

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by kaveh_kad, Mar 15, 2010.

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    kaveh_kad Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello everyone one
    I have an Extra Dell inspiron 510m DVD driver and ihave been trying to find a USB enclosure in order to use it as an external drive. The model number of my DVD driver is C3284-A00(LINK: http://www.portablecomponentsforall.com/dell-c3284a00-p-26601.html )

    Would be grateful if you could send me a link of any retailer selling such an enclouser prefferebly in UK.
    Thanks
     
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    User Retired 2 Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    Your optical drive has a Dell specific rear connector as shown here. May be cheaper and quicker to buy a 12.7mm or 9.5mm PATA or SATA optical drive off ebay and a 12.7mm sata | pata or 9.5mm sata | pata enclosure for it.
     
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