Laptop to Desktop Optical Drive Adapter?

[l008com]

Is this a thing? I know it's a thing with hard drives. Both the physical adapter to fit a 2.5" drive in a 3.5" bay, and also the adapter to convert laptop IDE to desktop IDE. But optical drives are much less standard than hard drives. But it would be very cool if you could get a physical adapter that would let you install a laptop optical drive in a 5.25" optical bay, and line up the slot with where it would go on the desktop, so the slot loading disk would spit right out of the hole in an old Mac where the disk tray would otherwise be. And then you'd also need some way to convert the odd connection laptop optical drives have into standard IDE connections. 

I love the idea of having a classic mac that is silent, none of that super loud disk noise. 

 

[trag]

Adapter tray to put a slot load optical drive in a regular 5.25" bay:

https://amzn.com/B007C1KPQY

A little pricey, but very slick.

Adapter to connect laptop IDE drive to normal IDE cable:

Well I can't find it but I bought five on Ebay a while back.

And picked up a SATA to optical drive SATA adapter at Frys a couple of weeks ago.

So, yes, the tools to put slot load ODs in desktop machines are available.

 

[techknight]

I had one from an old iMac. the old G3 CRT iMacs had laptop to desktop IDE adapters for their CD drives. 

 

[l008com]

Adapter tray to put a slot load optical drive in a regular 5.25" bay:

https://amzn.com/B007C1KPQY

I don't think that one would work. It looks like the optical drive is too close to the top, and the disk would hit the bezel of a beige Mac's CD bay cover. But, at least I know these parts are out there. Doing this mod is at the bottom of my to do list, but it would be a cool thing to do for sure.

 

[TheWhiteFalcon]

I had one from an old iMac. the old G3 CRT iMacs had laptop to desktop IDE adapters for their CD drives. 

IIRC there were third party adapters that used those mounts to even put in SuperDrives. 

 

[l008com]

922-4027 <- that's the part number for a G3 iMac optical board adapter. At least one specific G3 iMac model. Not easy to find though, you'd be better off finding a junked G3 iMac and taking it apart. Of course, then you'll get stuck with the CRT.