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December 28th, 2013 09:00

Inspiron 545 4yrs old DVD interface?

The HP DVD/CD unit in my 4 yr old Inspiron 545 needs replacing (the door gets stuck and won't open) - I believe it has an IDE ATA interface.....can I replace it with a new unit which has a SATA interface?

Many thanks.

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December 28th, 2013 11:00

Yes. In fact, I don't see an ATA port on the motherboard, so the current drive may be SATA.

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December 28th, 2013 12:00

The HP DVD/CD unit in my 4 yr old Inspiron 545 needs replacing (the door gets stuck and won't open) - I believe it has an IDE ATA interface.....can I replace it with a new unit which has a SATA interface?

Many thanks.

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The  Inspiron 545 only supports SATA drives, there is no support for IDE/EIDE.
 
Yes, a SATA DVD/RW/CD drive will work fine.
 
The procedures for replacing the Inspiron 545 optical drive, are here:
 
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-546_Service%20Manual_en-us.pdf
 
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