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What cable do I need to use the factory-provided DVD-r drive externally with a ESATA/USB3 cable?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by pc500, Nov 25, 2013.

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  1. pc500

    pc500 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What cable do I need to use the factory-provided DVD-rw drive externally with a ESATA/USB3 cable?

    I thought I bought the right cable for this, but is perhaps the dell provided dvd-r a proprietary cable?

    My old bay now had a hard drive in it.

    An amazon.com or ebay link would be great if possible.

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    pc500, Nov 25, 2013
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    Is this what you are looking for?
     
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    It's not proprietary, what you're seeing is a standard SATA connector for a laptop optical drive which unfortunately differs from one for a hard drive. In your case, I'd just get an enclosure instead.
     
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    Are you talking about using it externally without an enclosure? Otherwise, you're answering your own question. With the enclosure the connection is eSATA/USB 3.0 and those are the cables you will be using.
     
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