I would gladly help you through the update process. I would not use the Plextor no matter what I tried one and it was not any good. Asus is a better option. I have successfully used the adapter for testing purposes but I have the sata and IDE connections on my board.
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Do you have a ide input only board ? Sorry but I am trying to look at all of the variables. Is the asus you mentioned with the link work with the ide board? Also the ide drive you mentioned is a cd rom, does this operate well and sound good, Thank you
Thank you for offering to help with the update process. If it is required to get the new dvd drive working, I may attempt it. But if it is not needed I will stay away from it [ less chance of a screw up on my end] lol. I read an earlier post from a member who stated that he removed the sd card and everything functioned correctly. I removed the card and my iffy ide drive is working for now.
You may have had a corrupt image stored on the sd card…it will cause the unit to lock up and not play the disk whenever that disk is inserted into the drive.
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You need to use a dvdrom drive if you create and play any high rez disks in this unit.
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The ASUS is a SATA drive and will need a plug in converter. The second drive is an IDE drive that will not need a converter. I have not tested these drives, I was merely trying to find drives that you could try. The second drive, at under $15 is not too risky to try. Plus you can return stuff to Amazon. I am just trying to help you source a solution. You never know until you try.
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Thank you for the amazon links for the drives you described. I may try one of them or hold out for a new asus ide dvd drive.
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You won’t find a new ide drive from any manufacturer. That is a sad fact today.
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Maybe a rebuilt unit might come up on fleabay
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