Need help to replace my DVD burner in the Acer laptop

Hello

I have a laptop Acer (TravelMate 5720) running in very good condition I bought about 7 years back!

However, the motor in the DVD player does not now - he is gone and must be replaced by a new DVD burner.

When I checked on eBay to buy a new DVD burner for this model, there are 2 types sold either IDE (PATA) and SATA DVD burners. I don't know which of those above my laptop supports.

I checked the properties of the CD drive in my computer and it says "hl-dt-st dvdram gsa-t40n ata device.

How will I know which of the 2 above that you buy... ??

Kindly help me. Let me know in case additional specifications are necessary on this you.

-Mr. Abed

You must remove the unit from your laptop. You will immediately see if it has an IDE or a SATA connector. See Wikipedia so not sure what these connectors look like.

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