No not box power. Messes with sleep if you try. He explains in the tutorial. He tried that and failed. I am going with a 12" ribbon and a double male connector to hook up the extension. But NO you cannot keep internal hooked up. The DVR-105 is being used instead of the internal optical. And yes the DVR-105 is set to slave. k On Sunday, February 16, 2003, at 01:58 PM, Hal wrote: > Actually, couldn't you use power off the external box you put the > burner in and only run the IDE cable through? Also, anyone try using > an IDE ribbon, so that you can still use the internal DVD in the Cube? > Do you have to set the burner to slave then? > > cheers, > -Hal