I'm putting together a new computer with an older tower case with a new Gigabyte Aorus B450 Elite motherboard and have an internal CDROM drive that won't come out, I think it's hard connected into the case. Yes, it's that old. It's got a 40-pin connector on the back of the drive, but the Aorus B450 doesn't have a 40-pin connector on the motherboard that I can plug it into so I can't use the drive cable. It powers up fine though.
Do they make a 40-pin to SATA connector cable, and where can I get one? I can't hook it up yet because my new video card won't arrive from Amazon until Thursday this week and I won't be able to tell if it's working properly until I can see the screen.
Your responses will indicate whether I need a new tower case and/or CDROM drive or not, otherwise I will likely need to ensure the USB ports are working when I'm able to get my video card and hook up my monitor so I can see what's going on, and then I can install an OS using a USB stick if that's what it comes down to but I'd rather get the CDROM drive working so I can boot off my CD instead.
Thanks.
Do they make a 40-pin to SATA connector cable, and where can I get one? I can't hook it up yet because my new video card won't arrive from Amazon until Thursday this week and I won't be able to tell if it's working properly until I can see the screen.
Your responses will indicate whether I need a new tower case and/or CDROM drive or not, otherwise I will likely need to ensure the USB ports are working when I'm able to get my video card and hook up my monitor so I can see what's going on, and then I can install an OS using a USB stick if that's what it comes down to but I'd rather get the CDROM drive working so I can boot off my CD instead.
Thanks.
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