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crap laptop dvd/rw drive

ste_p0270 (Elite Donator) posted this on Friday, 5th June 2009, 12:32

damn n` blast :(

the drive has given up the ghost in our lappy. it`s one of those much maligned
tsstcorp drives of which the t`internet is full of horror stories.

obviously i don`t want to buy a new lappy, so are those slimline drives on ebuyer
easy to fit? anyone changed one?

linky:- www.ebuyer.com/cat/CD---DVD-Drives/subcat/Slimline-Drives

Ste.

This item was edited on Friday, 5th June 2009, 13:39

RE: crap laptop dvd/rw drive

Miles (Elite Donator) posted this on Friday, 5th June 2009, 22:24

The laptops I`ve had in the past have all been Dell ones (actually, had a Toshiba one first) where the DVD drives could be easily removed (swapped for hard drives/batteries etc.) and were actually intended to be swapped easily.

The ones you`ve posted to look to be internal ones, so not really sure how easy it is to replace those. Good luck though!

"Build a man a fire, and he`ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he`ll be warm for the rest of his life."
-Terry Pratchett.

RE: crap laptop dvd/rw drive

ste_p0270 (Elite Donator) posted this on Saturday, 6th June 2009, 07:26

cheers Miles.

unfortunately, the laptop doesn`t allow for easy access to the dvd drive. it looks like
i`ll have to take the whole back panel off. the only easy access panels are for memory,
battery and hdd.

Ste.

RE: crap laptop dvd/rw drive

buttoncup (Competent) posted this on Saturday, 6th June 2009, 09:02

RE: crap laptop dvd/rw drive

ste_p0270 (Elite Donator) posted this on Saturday, 6th June 2009, 15:32

cheers bc. i did think about one of those. i`ll have to check to
see if the lappy can boot from a USB device should the hdd
fail.

Ste.

RE: crap laptop dvd/rw drive

buttoncup (Competent) posted this on Saturday, 6th June 2009, 19:37

most new laptops will have that setting in the bios.

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RE: crap laptop dvd/rw drive

ste_p0270 (Elite Donator) posted this on Saturday, 6th June 2009, 20:48

yeah... it does.

loads of other USB options too.

looks like an external re-writer it is then!

Ste.

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