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Old 01-06-2011, 12:21 PM
 
Location: Eastern NC
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The DVD burner went out on my wife's Gateway DX series desktop and I want to replace it with this. Newegg.com - LG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD±RW SuperMulti Drive. The question is, do I need to get a SATA cable to install it. The current one came with the computer and says optical drive on it but I cannot tell if it is a SATA one or not. Please help. Thankyou.
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Old 01-06-2011, 01:30 PM
 
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Open the case and look, SATA will have a narrow data cable connecting the DVD drive to the motherboard, IDE will be a wide ribbon cable.
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Old 01-07-2011, 08:55 AM
 
Location: Central Texas
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If you have an IDE unit - buy another IDE unit. Buying a SATA unit will waste your time an money in this case because it is likely your computer doesn't have SATA ports on the motherboard.

If it has a SATA drive, buy a SATA drive. You will reuse the cable you have already.
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