Mystery Internal CD Rom Interface

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I found an old Internal CD Rom for an older Dell Laptop. Rather than just sell it, or trash it I was wondering if there was an interface that would let me use it as an external drive. The drive is a 2001 UJDA330 CD-R/RW Drive DC5V Kyushu Matsushita. It has a 40 Pin male interface - See Picture. Evidently it transfers data and gets power through the 40 pin interface - Similar to the old Sun Computers design. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Unscrew and Pull that adapter off of it to see the true interface, that is a dell proprietary adapter. There are several different ones (pcmcia/sata) over the years. — Moab, Feb 12 '20 at 22:32

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 12 '20 at 22:08

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If you are talking of converting internal Optical drive(usually found in laptops) to an external one, then yes it can be done. There are a number of enclosures available for that.

answered Feb 12 '20 at 22:08

Kevin Reetz

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I have been unable to find a 40 pin interface with power. What in the name of such an interface? – TJ_Draws Feb 12 '20 at 22:09
This should work, as an example: https://www.amazon.com/1-8-inch-40pin-Enclosure-USB2-0-Cables/dp/B01H8HDMWK – Kevin Reetz Feb 12 '20 at 22:11
Yes, this does seem to be the creature. Thank you. – TJ_Draws Feb 12 '20 at 22:13

Mystery Internal CD Rom Interface

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