bruinator Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Hi, I have an old dvd/cd rewritable drive that wouldn't open most of the time so I thought I would replace it with an extra one that I had lying around. The one that was in the pc used a molex for power and an IDE connecter from the ribbon. The newer DVD drive has a 2 pin connector for power (I believe) which I do not recognize and the other connector i do not recognize either.The new dvd player is a HP DH-16ABLH-HT2 DVD/CD Rewritable SATA DriveIs there an adapter I can use to connect the different cables so I can get out of the as cheap as possible? Please let me know what I need to do.thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudrax Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 The internal DVD writers are just crap. Had experienced more than 10 different internal DVD drive (3 of them is my own) and all died before my eyes. Now I have a external DVD writer since a year and working fine. I know this isn't what you asked for but just told my bad experience with internal DVD writers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoJoe Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Hi, I have an old dvd/cd rewritable drive that wouldn't open most of the time so I thought I would replace it with an extra one that I had lying around. The one that was in the pc used a molex for power and an IDE connecter from the ribbon. The newer DVD drive has a 2 pin connector for power (I believe) which I do not recognize and the other connector i do not recognize either.The new dvd player is a HP DH-16ABLH-HT2 DVD/CD Rewritable SATA DriveIs there an adapter I can use to connect the different cables so I can get out of the as cheap as possible? Please let me know what I need to do.thxThis is close to what the back of your SATA Drive should look like:If your motherboard has sata ports then you will need standard sata power and data cables.If no sata ports on mobo then you will need a sata to molex adaptor for power and a sata to ide adaptor for data transfers.EDIT: The 2 pin connector is a Digital Audio connector for digital CD audio output to a sound card! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmedion Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 HI,The internal DVD writers are just crap. Had experienced more than 10 different internal DVD drive (3 of them is my own) and all died before my eyes. Now I have a external DVD writer since a year and working fine. I know this isn't what you asked for but just told my bad experience with internal DVD writers.very strange, I had A internal Pioneer DVR-108 (IDE) during 5 years, I think It had burn more than 2000 CD an 1000 DVD without any problem, now I have two internal LG DVD writer, one 5 years old IDE GH22LP 20 coming from my old PC, and one 4 year SATA GH22NS50, used everyday, also no pbroblem.I was Administrator on Neroforum during 4 years (R.I.P, sorry it was french only) and seen more problems on external than internal drives, also most common problems came from poor quality Media, and/or innadapted burning speed.52 speed in CD and 16 speed in DVD are just marketing arguments, more speed = more error rate !for best results, respect 16x for CD and 4x for DVD, that's what I use always for burning and have no problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H4rDw4rE Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I have Pioneer DVR-112D for years, had burn more than 1000 CD/DVD and still working...so maybe rudrax had bad luck.In the end, what is external drive?Almost all electronics used in external drive are same as in internal drives...there is no chance that external drive has so better quality against internal...You need SATA to PATA adapter which can be found on amazon, ebay or any other similar site.It is not expensive at all, about quality can not talk because not using it.About your drive, if it won't open, then, probably, problem is belt which is loosed (rubber is warn after years of use).It could be replaced, but as you have another drive (and that drive is combo) it is better to use new drive.As locoJoe already replied (great answer!) your problem can be easily solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted October 13, 2014 Administrator Share Posted October 13, 2014 I have had to change my CD / DVD drives many many times.What I have learned from it is, one, these drives are more likely to cause problem when they are not used sufficiently, some work after months of not being used and some stop working properly when not being used. Other thing is, DVD Combos are said to cause more problems than a proper CD only drive or a proper DVD Writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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