legvw 0 Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Can anyone recommend a good external cd drive for my netbook?There's thousands on eBay, but I'm not really sure which 1 will be best.I'll mostly use it for transferring music onto iTunes.Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
Just_Paul 0 Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 the parentals have a liteon for their netbook, its a dvd reader/writer, and usb powered, think it was about £30, has been ok so far... Link to post Share on other sites
Daverse 175 Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 If your not fussed about appearance, get a cheapo desktop cd drive, (sometimes find em in skips e.t.c. or car boots ) and then get a £1 molex psu off ebay, and a sata - usb adaptor? all cost under a tenner-ish Link to post Share on other sites
legvw 0 Posted September 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 the parentals have a liteon for their netbook' date=' its a dvd reader/writer, and usb powered, think it was about £30, has been ok so far...[/quote']Fair enough, so make doesn't matter too much then? Not really bothered about the dvd stuff, more cd. Link to post Share on other sites
legvw 0 Posted September 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 If your not fussed about appearance' date=' get a cheapo desktop cd drive, (sometimes find em in skips e.t.c. or car boots ) and then get a £1 [b']molex psu off ebay, and a sata - usb adaptor? all cost under a tenner-ish Eh? I might just stick to getting a proper unit mate, i can see it all going wrong!! (don't really get what some of those words mean like!) Link to post Share on other sites
Daverse 175 Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 If your not fussed about appearance' date=' get a cheapo desktop cd drive, (sometimes find em in skips e.t.c. or car boots ) and then get a £1 [b']molex psu off ebay, and a sata - usb adaptor? all cost under a tenner-ish Eh? I might just stick to getting a proper unit mate, i can see it all going wrong!! (don't really get what some of those words mean like!)No worries, although it is just plug and play mate! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-2-0-IDE-SATA-5-25-S-ATA-3-5-2-5-Adapter-Cable-/320555093416?pt=UK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL&hash=item4aa2928da8 thats a usb sata adaptorhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-PIN-IDE-HDD-DVD-12V-5V-DC-AC-PSU-Power-Supply-Adapter-/180613287938?pt=UK_Computing_LaptopAccessories_PowerSupplies&hash=item2a0d641002 and thats a power supply, all you need, and a cd drive! or could get a proper kit, just another option for you Link to post Share on other sites
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