Sata vs atapi are they compatable

[WILLIGHTSM]

Can i replace a ATAPI cd-rom drive with a SATA cd-rom drive?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

ATAPI is a liteon drive.

Do you have a sata or an ide drive?

 

[WILLIGHTSM]

ATAPI is a liteon drive.

Do you have a sata or an ide drive?

Thank you for your reply; and have Happy Holidays!

The DELL oem hard drive is a Seagate 160GB, SATA interface; and I plan to replace it with a Seagate 320 or 500GB SATA drive.

The oem CD-ROM drive is a Lite-on ATAPI/IDE (mdl# LTN-489S05VYC), READ ONLY (supports cd-rom, cd-r, cd-rw, cd-da). The CD drive is a has a broken belt; and I plan to replace it with a Lite-on mdl# iHAP322, PATA/IDE, superallwrite DVD burner. Is this a proper interface and replacement? I think it should be; and it will give me more options for reading and burning many types of discs. What say you? I want to order correctly the first time, only once, with no returns nec.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

iHAP322, PATA/IDE
This would be ok because it is also IDE.

 

[WILLIGHTSM]

iHAP322, PATA/IDE
This would be ok because it is also IDE.

Thank you, again! I feel much better now. Best regards!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

No Problem don't forget to vote the best answer when you open threads!

 

[WILLIGHTSM]

Best answer selected by WILLIGHTSM.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Thank you.
Come back to the forum soon!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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