Dvd Burners

[Ams]

Which DVD burners are compatible with what? It says IDE/ATA. Does that mean that it will work with Sata? It says OEM now what does that mean?

 

[stuckinthecave]

I don't really understand your question. If it says ide/ata, then it wont work with sata. ide uses a ribbon cable, and sata uses some other, thin kinda, cable thingy

OEM stands for original equipment manufacturer.

 

[freestyler105]

OEM means you get just the product, no manuals or anything. So in your case, you just get the DVD burner, and you'll have to get cables separately.

stuckinthecave posted a picture of a SATA cable. IDE/ATA cables look like this:

 

[Ams]

So to work with Sata it would have to say Sata and not / ATA?

 

[Mattyl110792]

Yeah, for example Here is a SATA burner randomly pulled from Newegg. Check the pictures to look at the connectors.

Matt

 

[freestyler105]

Yes.
I'd actually recommend this SATA DVD burner. I have it, it's great:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151141