CF-30 optical drive: PATA or SATA?

Hey guys, I got a CF-30 without an optical drive - if I'm looking for just the carrier to put a laptop DVD writer in, is it a PATA or SATA connection? (not the hard drive.)

 

Its Pata


Alex

 

What about a CF-52? That would be SATA right? (as well as the CF-30?)

 

I don't have a cf-52 around to check
Rob, we are talking about optical drives/not hard drives


Alex

 

I know! I wanna know because you know my buddy that's got the CF-52 in the mail... well his first mod will probably be a 1920 screen and a blu-ray player. All the blu-ray players on eBay are all SATA - this is why I'm asking

 

What!!!!
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Panasonic-UJ-120...s=66:2|65:10|39:1|240:1308|301:1|293:1|294:50



Alex

 

Yes,Yes,Yes!
But if it don't Run, you have to do something ,
Pls check:
DVD 50 pin

 

There was no jumper needed on my cf-30 caddy to install UJ-831s drive, so I would say try it, if no work do the jumper mod


Alex

 

I've to MOD the UJ-875

 

I just bought, but still have to install a UJ-870
I will post when I swap it out
It’s newer like your uj-875 so unfortunately I might have to mod it I guess


Alex

 

May be the seeting is difference, to me, I have to MOD it, so I collect the info. and make the page fo ref.

 

WHAT!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-BC-5600S-SATA-Blu-Ray-BD-ROM-Player-Laptop-Drive_W0QQitemZ400046507580QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item5d24a1463c&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

I coulda SWORN that this thread was asking about a cf-29 optical!!! Now I see that it asking about the CF-30 optical...

 

Rob that Sony is a sata optical drive the cf-30 is pata optical drive

Alex

 

Thanks for the reference
I have a different one saved , just in case


Alex

 

Sorry Alex... gah!!! lol I know... But it's good to know that a normal IDE blu-ray exists because my buddy will adventually want that in his CF-52... and regardless of what the optical is (IDE or SATA) we're covered

 

I had to do this when I modded my CF-29 back in the day with a DVD burner...

 

Yes all of my cd caddys for the cf28/cf29 had to be modded as well
Only the cf-30 caddy was good to go as is
But I have a faster drive on order, so I might have to get out my magnifing glasses, and soldering iron

Alex

 

I would probably just take the DVD multi Drive (+-R/RW etc...) out of the caddy on the CF-52, sell it and then put in a blu-ray drive... I'll probably take it apart when it comes in and post my findings

 

I think the video card is good on that model for blu-ray
The integrated video on the cf-30 will not work

Alex

 

I have to open the 875, on the PCB there is three solder pad near the 45,47, make sure which is the 45 and 47 and short it , and its ready to GO.

 

awww that Pata bluray is calling out to me.. but... I need a CF-30 caddy first!! They're all like, $200+ on eBay!!

 

Ummm... Why?

The display on your CF-30 isn't native 1920x1080, so who cares about Blu-Ray?

The native 1024x768 display that comes on these really can't show all the detail provided by a good upconverting DVD player; I see no point in spending $400 for a drive you can't really utilize.

DVD9 blanks are now around 60c each; Blu-Ray25 are still around 4 bux... no advantage there for doing backups, either... so I say...

Save the money and buy a used PS3.

mnem
DVDon't!

 

I already have a PS3. My friends though I was nuts. Probably am. I bought the PS3 solely to play Little Big Planet. Hahahaa.

Now that I think about it - you're right. Why BluRay? because I can. LOL. Ok, yeah, I'm not so gung-ho on it anymore! I'm getting a Sony XDCAM HD camera from work in the near future, and the camera has Gigabit Ethernet built-in! I wonder if they can backup data and not just video (the $10k recorder looks like a regular data drive on the computer!)