Gateway 5500774 SR-8583-B 5x IDE Internal DVD-ROM Drive Matsushita 1998

Gateway 5500774 SR-8583-B 5x IDE Internal DVD-ROM Drive Matsushita 1998

The Gateway 5500774 is a 5x IDE internal DVD-ROM drive carrying the OEM model designation SR-8583-B, manufactured by Matsushita (Panasonic) in December 1998. It connects via a standard 40-pin IDE (ATAPI) interface and draws power from a 4-pin Molex connector, making it a direct drop-in replacement in any desktop PC with a 5.25-inch drive bay and an available IDE channel.

Specifications & What's Included

• Gateway Part Number: 5500774
• Model: SR-8583-B (Matsushita/Panasonic OEM)
• Drive Type: Internal DVD-ROM (read-only)
• Read Speed: 5x DVD-ROM
• Interface: IDE / ATAPI (40-pin ribbon connector)
• Form Factor: 5.25-inch half-height
• Power: +5V @ 1.0A, +12V @ 1.8A (4-pin Molex)
• Laser Classification: Class 1 Laser Product
• FCC ID: IUO9TB070CRB
• Manufacture Date: December 1998
• Country of Manufacture: Japan
• Front panel: headphone jack, volume dial, activity LED, manual eject pinhole, eject button
• Rear: 40-pin IDE connector, 4-pin Molex power, jumper block (master/slave/cable select)
• Color: Beige / light gray
• Included: Drive only — no IDE cable, no software

Applications

DVD-ROM drives like the SR-8583-B were the standard optical storage solution in late-1990s desktop PCs, enabling playback of DVD-Video discs and reading of CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW media. This unit was originally sourced as a Gateway OEM component for their late-1990s desktop systems, but it uses the universal IDE/ATAPI interface and fits any tower or desktop case with a 5.25-inch bay. It is a practical replacement part for legacy Gateway, Dell, Compaq, HP, or custom-built systems of the same era that still require a working optical drive — common in industrial control systems, legacy point-of-sale terminals, CNC machines, and test equipment workstations that run period-correct software from optical media. The Matsushita/Panasonic mechanism was widely regarded as reliable and is well-supported across Windows 9x, NT, 2000, and early XP environments.