Re: [H] Laptop optical drives

2007-11-15 Thread j maccraw
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

[H] Laptop optical drives

2007-11-14 Thread Thane Sherrington
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

Re: [H] Laptop optical drives

2007-11-14 Thread Harry McGregor
Hi, Not all, but many maybe even most are standard now. I tend to pick them up from centrix-intl.com Harry 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