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You may be able to use a usb 2.0 card into an empty pci slot?
Internal is definitely the way to go,if you have space.
Adding an internal drive can be pretty simple.
Or you can swap out an old cd-rom/cd-rw drive?
Dvd-rw drives can burn cds as well,you really don't need a cd-rw drive/just swap it out for a dvd-rw drive.
Just a few basic things you need to know:
Always disconnect phone line,power and ground yourself before touching anything in the tower. Static electricity is a major issue.
Make sure you use 80 wire/40 pin ribbon-cable. Older pcs may have 40 wire/40 pin. Some burners come with their own IDE flat ribbon which will be 80 wire/40 pin.Unless you get an OEM drive.
Ribbons can come in 2 connectors or 3-which you'll have a connector about 6 inches from one end. I believe blue to mobo/black to drive-with the middle connector close to the drive connector.
You'll need an extra power connector,which most pcs should have.
You need to know how your pc is configured. This means: Main harddrive is primary master. Everything else will be primary slave or cable select/ secondary master/secondary slave or cable select.
Pins in the back of drives determine master/slave/and cable select.Most drives show a picture on the back of them.
Some brands of pcs may recommend cable select instead of slave.Or vice versa.
Let us know what route you take: Replacing a drive or adding a drive?
HP a1118x-b/athlon 64-3300+/BenQ 1650 BCDC/LG 8163B/Modded Wii/Epson-R300 and Ty Watershields!!! This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 25. March 2006 @ 15:20
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