Patent ID: 8526276

Claim:
An optical disc drive, comprising: a tray for laying a disc therein; a drive means connected to the tray; and a control circuit for connecting the drive means and a power supply of a computer connected to the optical disc drive, wherein the drive means establishes an electrical connection with the external power supply via the control circuit; characterized in that the control circuit comprises: a second reserved pin; a power-on determination pin with one end electrically connected to the second reserved pin and the other end electrically connected to a power-on signal reception pin on a chip of the computer; a second resistor with one end provided with a second positive voltage and the other end connected between the power-on determination pin and the second reserved pin; and a switch connected between the second reserved pin and a grounding pin; the optical disc drive further comprises: a key, wherein when the key is released, the switch switches off the path between the second reserved pin and the grounding pin, and when the key is pressed, the switch switches on the path between the second reserved pin and the grounding pin and instructs the computer to control the external power supply to supply power to the optical disc drive power supply pin.