Slimline Extender Cable

[Technochicken]

Does anyone know where I could buy an extender cable for a slimline optical drive? All I have been able to find is adapters.

Thanks,

TC

[Mach]

Like this?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...FP70F4G9MFBJ45

[Technochicken]

No, I an IDE slimline extender. This kind of port:

[Mach]

Ouch, constructed of unobtanium. Another modder made his own which he sells.

http://paul.thejennis.com/JAE50/About.html

Pricey but if you gotta have it.

[Technochicken]

Man, that's expensive. I have a hard time imagining anyone would pay that much for a cable. Maybe I'll give making my own a shot, but I'm afraid the soldering skill needed is far beyond me. Thanks for the help anyway.

[NightrainSrt4]

I'm pretty sure you can pull those off the old bubble imac drives. I'm almost positive that's where I got mine.

[Technochicken]

Which is the bubble imac? The G4 lamp one? I took an old G3 Bondi Blue apart a while ago, and it did not have one.

[Mach]

Yeah they're apparently on the mac mini's also.

[Technochicken]

I just looked at the ifixit teardown of the mac mini- both the new and old versions- and did not see a cable like this.

[Mach]

You're right I don't t see it either. Here is the discussion that gave me the idea.
http://www.123macmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5895

Dell laptops (d600 maybe) used a similar cable. I believe it was jae 50 on one end and IDE 40 on the other but not sure.

http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...t=67936&page=2

Edit: I just found a Dell ultra bay and the connector looks to be wider than the JAE 50