Found this old DVD driver in the garage that looks like it was from a laptop. I’d like to use it, but I don’t know what port is that.
I thought it was SATA, but it’s a little bit more taller and narrow, maybe an old revision? Or is it HP proprietary?
Any help is appreciated!
9 Comments
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 64 pts · 352d
Slimline SATA.
Usual for laptop DVD drives. Can be directly converted to regular SATA with an adapter (I have one of those).
Alternatively, you can find a caddy for it on AliExpress for around 6 bucks. Pay attention to the height, there's 12.7mm and 9.5mm drives.
I bought this one: https://a.aliexpress.com/_Ewv1ers
MrLLM@ani.social · 16 pts · 352d
Woah, thank you!
I’ll keep that in mind!
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 352d
Just to add, you can get hard drive adaptors that fit in the same slot too, so you can have extra storage. They come in a DVD drive shaped caddy with pass through connectors for a laptop SATA drive 🙂
MrLLM@ani.social · 3 pts · 352d
Thank you for the tip. I’ll definitely look into that, do you recommend any in particular?
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 351d
I love these, far more useful than an optical drive. The only difference between them will be the bezel, which varies to fit different laptops' shapes. They are completely passive; no components except maybe a capacitor to prevent a power surge when hot-swapping.
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 351d
No, I've always just used whichever cheap one matches my needs :)
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 352d
Damn man, good info. I didn't know about slim sata, looked like sas at first glance.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 352d
To add to that, since its an HP branded one, it might have a special front bezel to go to a specific laptop model. Those bezels are removable with just a couple clips.
AFAIK, HP doesn't actually manufacture the drives themselves, just the bezel. They just slap an HP branded sticker on there.
I was trying to get a specific bezel for a zbook for a little while and HP wants like, $100+ for a damn piece of plastic they already have in stock
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 352d
No idea but
bump