Levi Smith wrote:
On 1/23/07, rbw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Levi Smith wrote:
> On 1/23/07, rbw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> It appears that my CDRW/DVD-ROM drive on my laptop has gone south. It
is
>> in an endless seek mode and doesn't recognize any media at this
point.
>> So I'd like to ask...
>> 1.) Does anyone know any CB diagnostics/fix-it tricks?
>>
>> 2.) Where would you go to get a laptop drive replaced, and if this is
at
>> all reasonable would it be reasonable to try to get a replacement
drive
>> that does CD-RW and DVD-RW?
>>
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> rbw
>
>
> If it's anything like my Vaio (and I'm getting the impression most
> laptops
> are more similar than I thought) then it's just a standard half-height
> drive. You just have to find the screws to remove to pop it out.
> [snip]
> Levi
>
Do you pop the whole unit out, or the tray parts?
tia,
rbw
It's the entire drive. I wanna say there were like 3 screws on the
bottom
of mine, then the whole thing slides out. But from the looks of it, the
connector on the back of the drive is about the same as the old
drives I had
in some Gateway laptops that were made with a quick swapout option.
(you
know, slide the latch and then you can slide the drive out).
Levi
Thanks...
I have to ask the obvious sometimes for efficiency's sake... ;^)
rbw
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