IDE, slim optical drives are physically standard
enough. The mounting screw
holes are in the same spot, same connector, same
opening/depth dimensions, but
the tray bezels will vary and the mounts for those are
not universal. Not that I
would fret it since it's mostly cosmetic resulting in
a drive that sits deeper
(with a stock flat bezel) in the laptop rather than
form-fitting, contoured, etc...
There can be connectivity issues depending how a
laptop deals with the drive's
firmware setting for master/slave, CS mode support or
not, etc... Toshiba seems
to show up in forums as a problem laptop brand for
this, Dell not.
Best thing you can do is read a bit about the model
laptop & drive you plan to
use. Personally I recommend Nec/Optiarc drives and
replaced my dead Pioneer with
a Nec ND-6750 in my Dell C840 that worked
out-of-the-box from Newegg & I am very
happy with it.
Thane Sherrington wrote:
> Are all laptop optical drives interchangable? I
know they have
> different plastic bezels, but if can I move the
drive itself from one
> bezel to another?
>
> T
>
>
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