Internal CD-ROM drive

[JayE]

Hi,

If a basic drive was purchased about 5-7 years ago for a PC, what are the chances it would be a SCSI model instead of ATAPI?

My colleague is sure the drive is SCSI and would not fit his home PC. I say that's ridiculous as it was just a basic model and the PC didn't have a SCSI card facility to fit it to, nor has the PC it's now fitted to.

Can a ATAPI drive be fitted to ANY PC?

What do you think?

Regards,
Jay/UK

 

[TyrantSSV]

If CD-ROM drive have only 40 pins on it's data interface it is the IDE (ATAPI) drive. 50 pins - SCSI, 68 pins - Wide SCSI.
ATAPI drive have to be fitted into any PC if it have IDE interface.
Some PCs have an SCSI controller built-in into motherboard or an additional card.

 

[JayE]

Hi,

Thanks.

This is most useful information. Will check it out.

Regards,
Jay/UK