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CD Rom
Name: waddle Date: July 8, 2003 at 05:18:37 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 1.0
Comment:
The CD rom hs failed on my DELL GX 150, small desktop. As a new one from Dell is expensive I was thinking of buying a new CD rom or DVD and using it externally.How would I connect it to my PC and would there be any problems with me doing that. Many thanks
Name: khazad43 Date: July 8, 2003 at 05:45:43 Pacific
Reply:
I would get an external DVD multi-format drive using USB 2.0 or IEE1394(Firewire)technology. Just be sure there is an available PCI slot in your computer for adding a firewire or USB 2 card if your mainboard does not already have support for this. These drives are not cheap. You can also find an external cd-rom drive, but if you use anything but USB 2 or Firewire, the data transfer/read rate will be too slow. Check out Newegg.com or Mwave.com.
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Response Number 2
Name: jim harr Date: July 8, 2003 at 07:44:38 Pacific
Reply:
Whats wrong with getting an internal one?
They are much cheaper.
I would have thought the internal fittings and fixings are the same as Dell. Though I know some manufacturers have bespoke connectors and fixings, I hardly think they will on this item.
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Response Number 3
Name: SkipCox Date: July 8, 2003 at 10:48:55 Pacific
Reply:
jim,
This is a SFF (small form factor) computer and I imagine it uses a laptop type cd-rom. And they are expensive, especially from Dell or Compaq.
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