HELP !! DVD Burner Question ATA or IDE??? Ok guys im better at software then hardware so im a little confused here. I recently bought a Dell Studio 1558 came with a HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GA31N DVD burner Drive.As far as i can tell this is a ATA style drive. I miss my light scribe i had on my old lappy but can't use cause it was a tray eject. new is slot loaded. Any way I found a TOSHIBA TS-T632 slot load Light-scribe DVD Burner but says its IDE. Now what can I do here. Would it direct plug in? i read thats its a transfer rate thing. i doubt i have room for adapters inside the laptop. any ideas. or anyone know where i can get this drive? would ide just plug in and then have to change something in the bios?
na seller said wont work cause my current is sata. and the ide in question only works with pata. sucks man . its proving impossible to find. i find blu ray. so far no light scribe. i would love to find a blu ray lightscribe combo one.
Gona pay high for that... Could just get a cheap ass sata super-multi one until you can find the one you are looking for. super-multi has dual layer and all other cd/dvd capabilites bar blu-ray (and sometimes HD/DVD I think off hand)