CD/DVD Drive Cables

B_Dubbyah

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May 9, 2013
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Hi,

I am finishing up my build, and I have an old DVD drive but I am missing the cables to it. I was wondering if I should buy the cables, or if it would be easier to just buy a new drive? If it is cheaper to buy the cables, what cables do I buy?

The DVD/CD Drive is:
HP DVD/CD Rewritable Drive dvd640
HP P/N: 5169-0463
HP S/N: CNLQ03918C

Please help!
 
This is an external drive, I assume? If so you might be better off getting an internal drive. Also newer motherboards wont accept any cables other than SATA cables which come with the motherboard, one for the hdd one for the dvd drive. This one appears not to have an SATA port.