Sony CRX830E IDE CD-R/RW DVD-ROM Combo Drive Laptop Slim 24X Sept 2003

Sony CRX830E IDE CD-R/RW DVD-ROM Combo Drive Laptop Slim 24X Sept 2003

The Sony CRX830E is a slim-form IDE (ATAPI) combo optical drive designed for laptop and compatible slimline systems. It combines DVD-ROM reading with CD-R/RW writing in a single slimline unit, making it a practical replacement or upgrade option for IDE-equipped laptops from the early-to-mid 2000s. Manufactured in September 2003, this is a Sony Corporation drive made in China and certified to FCC/FDA radiation performance standards.

Specifications & What's Included

• Model: Sony CRX830E
• Interface: IDE / ATAPI (slimline laptop form factor)
• Drive Type: CD-R/RW + DVD-ROM Combo
• CD-RW Write Speed: 24X
• DVD-ROM Read Speed: 8X
• Power: 5V DC, 1.5A
• Manufacture Date: September 2003
• Country of Manufacture: China
• Certifications: UL, CE, FCC Class B, Canadian ICES-003
• Includes: Drive only — no mounting hardware, cables, or bezel adapter included

Applications

The CRX830E is a slimline IDE combo drive from the early 2000s, when IDE/ATAPI was the standard optical drive interface for laptops and many desktop systems. Drives like this were commonly found in laptops from Sony, Toshiba, Dell, HP, and Compaq of that era, as well as in slimline desktop systems with a standard IDE optical bay. They serve as direct replacements in vintage laptops that still use the IDE interface — machines that predate the transition to SATA optical drives, which became common from around 2005 onward. Today these drives are sought out for maintaining or restoring early-2000s laptops, running legacy operating systems, and accessing CD or DVD media on period-correct hardware. The combo format — reading DVDs and writing CDs — made these drives especially popular, as DVD burners were still expensive when this unit was made.