Laptop DVD Drive w/ Adapter

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Brenex

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Was wondering if anyone could help me with a Zotac 9300 D-E WiFI board and optical drive problem I had. I just got an IDE-SATA adapter for a slim optical dvd drive I pulled from an HP laptop to install in my HTPC but when everything is hooked up it didn't recognize the dvd drive at first. After messing with it a bit, removing the hard drive and having that as the only connected drive etc I decided to hook it all up and try again. Windows recognized the drive but couldn't install the drivers for it (which I thought was weird because windows usually has the generic drivers for CD/DVD drives.) On subsequent restarts the device found message does not appear and it is not listed in device manager (except for that one time.)

I wasn't sure if I needed to change any of the bios settings because I was using an adapter but messing with a few of the settings proved fruitless anyways. SATA mode is set to IDE though. Any help would be appreciated.

Here is a link to the adapter I bought.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250558769662&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
 
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I don't have a solution just a little info.

Those adaptors like you purchased are notoriously flakey and unreliable.

I'm not suprised it doesn't work but you may have better luck with another brand.

Sorry I can't be more help!

PSSSS.........You do have the power hooked-up....right?
 
haha yea I do. I tried using both a straight floppy connector from the PSU and the floppy adapter from the larger molex. If anyone knows of another brand I could get from somewhere else that is either reasonably priced or a return plan just in case I would appreciate the help. I figure it was a flaky adapter since, like I said, it popped up once and then never again.
 
i, too, would like to thank you for the feedback. $18?!?!?! jeez, these things should be MUCH cheaper. :(
 
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