External CD/DVD Optical Drives
| CD and DVD Writers Discuss, External CD/DVD Optical Drives at Computer Hardware forum; I'm not sure if this has already been asked (my apologies if it has), but is it possible to take apart a retail external CD/DVD optical drive and attach the drive in a PC as an internal CD/DVD optical drive? I mean, are external drives (bought from a retailer) capable |
| I'm not sure if this has already been asked (my apologies if it has), but is it possible to take apart a retail external CD/DVD optical drive and attach the drive in a PC as an internal CD/DVD optical drive? I mean, are external drives (bought from a retailer) capable of being used as internal drives? If so, how? |
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| That should be no problem, just disassemble the enclosure and connect the drive into a normal computer (make sure it's correctly jumpered!).
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