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11-05-2008
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| CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005
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| External Enclosures for ODDs Hello everyone, just a simple question. I want to connect an optical drive via USB and I am wondering if I can use an 3.5 size enclosure and have the drive outside the enclosure or I have to get the 5.25 version?. Thanks. |
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14-05-2008
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| CD Freaks Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany
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| Re: External Enclosures for ODDs Hello It depends on your ODD.  If you have a 3.5" ODD you can build it into a 3.5" enclosure (for example it is perfect for 3.5" MO drives). But I guess your ODD is 5.25", therefore I'd recommend a 5.25" enclosure. If you have a slimline ODD (like a Notebook drive) you can get a slimlin enclosure.
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16-05-2008
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| CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005
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| Re: External Enclosures for ODDs Ok, thanks so I guess I have to get the 5.25 size to connect the drive. Does someone know if there is another way to connect a drive via USB and not unisng an enclosure. For example connecting the IDE interface to an USB interface using only a cable?? |
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16-05-2008
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| Moderator  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Denmark
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| Re: External Enclosures for ODDs Yes, there are some cables with a builtin USB-IDE bridge and some also with a builtin USB-SATA bridge. These cables generally also come with a power supply for the attached unit. Here's a product from Nierle (in Europe): 5191p.jpg 5191_1.jpg
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