Replacing IDE HDD with optical drive on Performa 6320CD

[carian]

Hi,
I have a broken CD-ROM drive on my Performa 6200/75 and it's hard to find SCSI optical drives. I have a BlueSCSI and it works at SCSI CD-ROM port or externally just fine. I wonder if it is possible to replace IDE HDD with a generic IDE CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
Thank you.

 

[Phipli]

Hi,
I have a broken CD-ROM drive on my Performa 6200/75 and it's hard to find SCSI optical drives. I have a BlueSCSI and it works at SCSI CD-ROM port or externally just fine. I wonder if it is possible to replace IDE HDD with a generic IDE CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
Thank you.

It will be tricky. The hard disk is 3.5" wide, a CD drive is 5" wide.

You might be able to re-route the IDE cable over to the optical bay with an extension, but you'd have to remove the existing blade push connectors and possibly create a new back stop.