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    Need to replace my m570u CD-ROM

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Exatrive, Oct 9, 2008.

  1. Exatrive

    Exatrive Notebook Consultant

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    I need to replace the drive in my laptop as it's been unable to burn cd's (They just stay blank). I was looking to get this SATA drive..

    http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10008696&prodlist=celebros

    but not sure if I can do that.. on the current drive it looks like it has a IDE to SATA shim converter.. but wanted to know if I can get straight SATA drive and pop it in..

    anyone have any suggestions?

    Current drive is a TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SN-S082D ATA Device
     
    Exatrive, Oct 9, 2008
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  2. theriko

    theriko Ronin

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    You need an ide drive, the shim is simply to take it from a standard ide to a proprietary connector, a sata drive will not work.
     
    theriko, Oct 11, 2008
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