I was looking around while I was doing stuff, hands full and no tape measure in sight, but seemed like the mid noughties H-L Data Storage DVD and DVDRW were pretty short in comparison to everything else, around 6.5 to 7"

BitWrangler wrote on 2026-10-14, 03:24:

I was looking around while I was doing stuff, hands full and no tape measure in sight, but seemed like the mid noughties H-L Data Storage DVD and DVDRW were pretty short in comparison to everything else, around 6.5 to 7"

I just measured a 2007 black LG IDE DVD-RW drive and it was 6 3/4 inches.

Dothan Burger wrote on 2026-10-14, 03:29:

BitWrangler wrote on 2026-10-14, 03:24:

I was looking around while I was doing stuff, hands full and no tape measure in sight, but seemed like the mid noughties H-L Data Storage DVD and DVDRW were pretty short in comparison to everything else, around 6.5 to 7"

I just measured a 2007 black LG IDE DVD-RW drive and it was 6 3/4 inches.

ohhh that would be perfect...to ebay we go!

I've got two 17cm drives in my pile:
- IDE Lite-on DH-20A4P DVD-RW (manufactured July 2008, beige, analog and digital audio outputs)
- SATA Lite-on iHAS124 DVD-RW (manufactured August 2009, black, no audio outputs)

If you are not in a hurry, I'll be back home by the weekend and can have a look through my box of ODDs to give you some model numbers to look for. Most of my stuff is IDE from the late 2000's now. I also have a box of older IDE drives (early and mid -2000's), but my observation for those has been that most of them are pretty long, especially the early 2000's and late 90's stuff.

why dont you use laptop cd/dvd, when i had that issue, i used that (fitted regular size psu to very small case, originally it did not have atx psu).

Frame looks like this: https://www.delock.com/produkt/47200/merkmale.html

momaka wrote on 2026-10-14, 12:06:

If you are not in a hurry, I'll be back home by the weekend and can have a look through my box of ODDs to give you some model numbers to look for. Most of my stuff is IDE from the late 2000's now. I also have a box of older IDE drives (early and mid -2000's), but my observation for those has been that most of them are pretty long, especially the early 2000's and late 90's stuff.

Yeah no rush. I'd appreciate knowing models because I need a few shorties. Thanks!

jmarsh wrote on 2026-10-14, 04:44:

I've got two 17cm drives in my pile:
- IDE Lite-on DH-20A4P DVD-RW (manufactured July 2008, beige, analog and digital audio outputs)
- SATA Lite-on iHAS124 DVD-RW (manufactured August 2009, black, no audio outputs)

Awesome. Thanks!

kingcake wrote on 2026-10-14, 22:04:

Yeah no rush. I'd appreciate knowing models because I need a few shorties. Thanks!

Alright, here we go...

6.75 inches / 17.2 cm drives:
* Sony CRX320E [type: CD-RW + DVD-ROM], beige, IDE
* HDLS / LG GCE-8527b [type: CD-RW only], beige, IDE
* LG GSA-H10n [type: CD-RW & DVD-RW], beige, IDE
* LITE-ON DH-20A4p [type: CD-RW & DVD-RW], black, IDE
* LITE-ON SHW-160ps [type: CD-RW & DVD-RW], black, IDE
* JVC / LITE-ON XJ-HD166s [type: CD-ROM & DVD-ROM], black, IDE

6 and 3/8 inches / 17.5 cm drives:
* Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7170A [type: CD-RW & DVD-RW], black, IDE

I also have a bunch at 7" exactly, IIRC, but let me know if those would work for you. Otherwise, I won't go digging for the box. Not that it's a big deal or anything, but nevertheless.
I also didn't include any SATA drives. But let me know if you need some of those too. FWIW, most newer SATA drives are pretty much all 7" or less.

17.1 cm: TEAC DV-W68G DVDRW
17.3 cm: ASUS DRW-2014L1 DVDRW

marxveix wrote on 2026-10-14, 13:23:

why dont you use laptop cd/dvd, when i had that issue, i used that (fitted regular size psu to very small case, originally it did not have atx psu).

Frame looks like this: https://www.delock.com/produkt/47200/merkmale.html

This would work well, but have to have one with ide.

The bay adapter is easy as you can get a Dell slim CD + usb2 card reader that goes in a 5.25" bay.

momaka wrote on 2026-10-18, 16:03:

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kingcake wrote on 2026-10-14, 22:04:

Yeah no rush. I'd appreciate knowing models because I need a few shorties. Thanks!

Alright, here we go...

6.75 inches / 17.2 cm drives:
* Sony CRX320E [type: CD-RW + DVD-ROM], beige, IDE
* HDLS / LG GCE-8527b [type: CD-RW only], beige, IDE
* LG GSA-H10n [type: CD-RW & DVD-RW], beige, IDE
* LITE-ON DH-20A4p [type: CD-RW & DVD-RW], black, IDE
* LITE-ON SHW-160ps [type: CD-RW & DVD-RW], black, IDE
* JVC / LITE-ON XJ-HD166s [type: CD-ROM & DVD-ROM], black, IDE

6 and 3/8 inches / 17.5 cm drives:
* Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7170A [type: CD-RW & DVD-RW], black, IDE

I also have a bunch at 7" exactly, IIRC, but let me know if those would work for you. Otherwise, I won't go digging for the box. Not that it's a big deal or anything, but nevertheless.
I also didn't include any SATA drives. But let me know if you need some of those too. FWIW, most newer SATA drives are pretty much all 7" or less.

awesome, thanks!

Disruptor wrote on 2026-10-18, 16:13:

17.1 cm: TEAC DV-W68G DVDRW
17.3 cm: ASUS DRW-2014L1 DVDRW

thanks!