Crap! Connecting optical drive?

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Gavinburt

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LOL, the first two threads of my existence here have been questions. If I had answers, I'd give them.

Anyway: how am I going to connect my optical drive to my computer? It's from Samsung, but it's OEM. So it comes iwth no cables. My motherboard has an IDE/PATA cable, but no no other connectors that would go to the optical drive.

Note: I don't have the parts yet, but they have been ordered. Would the cables I need come on the sound card, perhaps? I wish I had done more research before starting this build.

Edit: This is my first build. :(
 
Night Black said:
Isn't it just the IDE cable and a molex power cable?
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Yeah, and I think the power cable is with the soundcard... but what about the "Analog" and "Digital" audio connectors on the drive?
 
Gavinburt said:
Yeah, and I think the power cable is with the soundcard... but what about the "Analog" and "Digital" audio connectors on the drive?
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The molex comes from the PSU.

There's a lead in my PC fromt eh CD burner to the sound card, I will check it ASAP.
 
i dont think you really need to plug up the sound if i am not mistaken. otherwise, just plug the ide cable into the drive, and the molex from the power supply.
 
You mean the cable that connects your optical drive to your sound card? don't worry about it if you dont have the cable. its not critical to the system.
 
You don't need to hook up your drive to the sound card. Its redundant.
 
The sound cable from the CD-ROM drive is used for very old games (early 90s and before) because sound wasn't transferred through the IDE connector.
 
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