E-MU 1212 M PCI card

[Jamon Camisso]

Jamon Camisso wrote:
<snip>
>> I just bought a DVD burner. I asked if it was a normal IDE drive. He 
>> said yes. I just opened it up. It doesn't look like an IDE drive. No 
>> teeth for data, no molex connector for power. what is this?
>>
>> LG GSA H62 N
> 
> That's an SATA burner, as are most newer drives:
> http://ca.lge.com/en/products/model/detail/dvdwriter_gsah62n.jhtml
> 
> So if you asked for an IDE DVD burner, the salesperson either made a 
> mistake or misled you. Hopefully the former, though in that case one has 
> to wonder at the competence of said salesperson. Hopefully it isn't the 
> latter...
> 
> You should be able to go back and ask for an exchange.

Note I'm assuming you don't want an SATA drive, or don't have an SATA 
port(s) on your motherboard.

Jamon
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