I have a old CD-Rom Drive I am not using. I got a connector with female end that goes to the CD-Rom Drive to the Power source. On the other end I am hooking up a external power source.
This is just a gage project where I will swap the drives. I am planing to use a 9v battery + x2 AA batteries. This give me the 12V I will need to run the CD-Rom Drive. My picture below shows that when you connect the CD-Rom Drive to the power source, you are connecting four wires. I am not sure what wires to use and what wires to cut off. They are as follow...
Red +5 Black Black GND Yellow +12
All I need this funny cd drive to do is open and close. Nothing else.
I would think you would need both the +5 and +12 supplies to get it to work, Also I dont think a 9 volt battery and 2 AA batteries will provide enough current to run the loading motor.