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upgrading but where to get my info?

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  • 26-11-2008 10:48pm
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    johnnyboy4711
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    want to upgrade the power source and the optical drive(have two dvdrw drives in there,one of which the pc doesnt recognize,the other only plays dvd's not cd's?!?).
    i have everest and i am wondering where i can get the info on what interface it is?
    same with the power source would like to up it a bit from whatever it is?
    thanks
    j


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    uberpixie
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    johnnyboy4711 wrote: »
    want to upgrade the power source and the optical drive(have two dvdrw drives in there,one of which the pc doesnt recognize,the other only plays dvd's not cd's?!?).
    i have everest and i am wondering where i can get the info on what interface it is?
    same with the power source would like to up it a bit from whatever it is?
    thanks
    j

    What PC do you have? Is it custom built, dell etc..?

    For optical drives there are two types:

    IDE and SATA, the power connections for them are standard and come on all PSUs.

    Main issue you will have is the power connector from the PSU to the motherboard: on some big brand PCs they do not use standard off the shelf power connectors and you have to use a non standard power supply

    e.g. some Dell PCs you have to get a Dell compatible power supply and cannot simply order a regualr off the shelf power supply unit.


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