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From: antioch on 31 Oct 2009 20:49
WIN XP SP3.

I am sure that my internal Lite On DVD/RW Combo, is showing signs of
collapse/fatigue.
Could somebody please help me to confirm whether or not the currently
installed piece of hardware interface is SATA/IDE or E-IDE/ATAPI .
I know that when I first switch on my computer, one of the flash screens
shows 'no ide detected' or similar - it is so fast and gone in a second.
I have looked in System Prop/Hardware/Devices Manager and
under DVD/CD-ROM drives it shows 'Lite-on DVDRW SHW-1635S. In
Properties/Details I can see IDE\CDROMLITEON.
However, under IDE ATA/ATPI controllers, there are SATA storage controllers
and Primary/secondary IDE channels.
I would like to make sure I buy the correct DVD Combo.

Rgds
Antioch


From: Paul on 31 Oct 2009 21:01
antioch wrote:
> WIN XP SP3.
>
> I am sure that my internal Lite On DVD/RW Combo, is showing signs of
> collapse/fatigue.
> Could somebody please help me to confirm whether or not the currently
> installed piece of hardware interface is SATA/IDE or E-IDE/ATAPI .
> I know that when I first switch on my computer, one of the flash screens
> shows 'no ide detected' or similar - it is so fast and gone in a second.
> I have looked in System Prop/Hardware/Devices Manager and
> under DVD/CD-ROM drives it shows 'Lite-on DVDRW SHW-1635S. In
> Properties/Details I can see IDE\CDROMLITEON.
> However, under IDE ATA/ATPI controllers, there are SATA storage controllers
> and Primary/secondary IDE channels.
> I would like to make sure I buy the correct DVD Combo.
>
> Rgds
> Antioch
>
>

It says that model number is IDE, on this site. Check for a
ribbon cable plugged into the back of it, and a four pin
Molex power connector plugged into it.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLK-SHW-1635S-DO&cat=DVD

Paul
From: antioch on 31 Oct 2009 21:19

"Paul" <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote in message news:hcimk9$ed7$1(a)aioe.org...
> antioch wrote:
>> WIN XP SP3.
>>
>> I am sure that my internal Lite On DVD/RW Combo, is showing signs of
>> collapse/fatigue.
>> Could somebody please help me to confirm whether or not the currently
>> installed piece of hardware interface is SATA/IDE or E-IDE/ATAPI .
>> I know that when I first switch on my computer, one of the flash screens
>> shows 'no ide detected' or similar - it is so fast and gone in a second.
>> I have looked in System Prop/Hardware/Devices Manager and
>> under DVD/CD-ROM drives it shows 'Lite-on DVDRW SHW-1635S. In
>> Properties/Details I can see IDE\CDROMLITEON.
>> However, under IDE ATA/ATPI controllers, there are SATA storage
>> controllers and Primary/secondary IDE channels.
>> I would like to make sure I buy the correct DVD Combo.
>>
>> Rgds
>> Antioch
>>
>>
>
> It says that model number is IDE, on this site. Check for a
> ribbon cable plugged into the back of it, and a four pin
> Molex power connector plugged into it.
>
> http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLK-SHW-1635S-DO&cat=DVD
>
> Paul

Hello Paul
Thank you for your reply and the link - I see it does confirm IDE.
However I will open up the case and take a look at the cables.
I did a dozen or more searches of sites and could not find one with the
Interface info - all said 'no longer stocked' - mind you, they were UK sites
:-)

Rgds
Antioch


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