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It is a DVD drive in a car's navigation setup.<br>
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David M.<br>
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Will wrote:
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cite="mid:CAPycBohrEFfPsEK=aomUVzdFREKzvqMaYeW1NFgnOhuNUzfu3Q@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">I remember you talking about this project before, but I
don't remember some of the other details. Is this a DVD drive in a
laptop or something else? If it's a laptop, hopefully it's a full IDE
interface that isn't locked to a particular type of device.<br>
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Kinsey Moore<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Hunter
Fuller <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:hfuller@pixilic.com">hfuller@pixilic.com</a>></span>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Look
up laptop IDE Pinouts for old IDE laptop drives - these were 50<br>
pins connectors that supported sending power over the same connector.<br>
It may be just IDE and power.<br>
<br>
As far as replacing it, this may not work, as your device needs to<br>
emulate an IDE optical drive. Flash drives and memory cards emulate<br>
hard drives, or removable disk drives.<br>
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-- Hunter Fuller<br>
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On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 3:51 PM, David <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ainut@knology.net">ainut@knology.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> I have circuit board, dvd drive, flat flex 50 pin cable that
connects the<br>
> drive, a usb driven "logic analyzer," and some breakout boards.
However, I<br>
> don't really know how to use the analyzer and not sure how to
determine the<br>
> pinout functions. Documentation says this drive is ide, but is
has 50 pins<br>
> and using a multimeter to trace which pins connect to which part
of the<br>
> "cpu" doesn't work at all.<br>
> My goal is to replace the faulty dvd drive with a solid state
drive, or usb<br>
> thumb drive, or maybe an sdhc memory card.<br>
><br>
> I need help here, PLEASE! I'm pulling what remains of my hair out.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> David Merchant<br>
><br>
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