Comments on: Tips for buying a new notebook DVD drive

By: paul

paul — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:16:18 +0000

i have a dell laptop. When i switch the laptop on it comes on then goes off within 6 seconds. I changed the rams recently and it started working perfectly. Last week i changed the ram and its back to not coming on. Can u pls help.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:54:21 +0000

Poezii online,

Can i copy half of your article on my blog?I’ll link to it.

Yes, if you are asking about one article.
Last ween Google made some changes to it’s search engine algorithm.
They penalize sites with copied/duplicated content. If you copy too much it might hurt your site.

By: Poezii online

Poezii online — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:02:51 +0000

Can i copy half of your article on my blog?I’ll link to it.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:59:41 +0000

Clyde,

Is there any easy way of changing the settings on the drive? I understand a firmware flash will do it, but so far I’ve not been able to find any method for doing this.

I believe it’s possible to change settings though the firmware flash but… there is not much info about it on the Internet.
Do you know that you can buy a used CD drive for Compaq EVO N110 on eBay for about $10?

By: Clyde

Clyde — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:56:44 +0000

I have an old Compaq EVO N110 which has a faulty CD drive. I also have a CD/DVD rewriter drive from a scrap laptop which fits perfectly but is not recognised in BIOS or WIndows. The original drive was connected to secondary master, I’m assuming the drive I’m trying to fit is set differently. Is there any easy way of changing the settings on the drive? I understand a firmware flash will do it, but so far I’ve not been able to find any method for doing this. Will I have to hook the drive up to a computer that recognises it in BIOS before I can flash it, or will the soldering trick mentioned above work?

By: David

David — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:43:55 +0000

Hi,

I have an old ide drive in my laptop, which is also really old (i.e. 2004). The drive is an old matsushita (a.k.a panasonic) uj-815. I think it is the ‘a’ model. It is a slot loader and when the disc goes inside, it seems to just spin and is not recognised. When it is ejected, it does not come out at all, except for a slight edge and I have to pull it out with my nails. Well, I think it is dead and would like to replace it. My laptop is a Mitac 8050d (a.k. Evesham, Time, Advent, Novatech, Tiny) and is still working well. If you have any recommendations for a replacement drive, I would really apreciate it.

Thanks in advance,

David.

By: Danny

Danny — Sun, 17 May 2009 05:29:24 +0000

I want to put a bluray drive on a toshiba a215 s4757 laptop. What kind do i buy?

By: Bart M

Bart M — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:17:11 +0000

Hi,
I have quite an old DVD ROM drive in a Thinkpad (Matshita SR-8171). I can not get it to play most DVD’s as it just freezes or doesn’t recognise the disk. It plays audio CD’s fine.

However what I have noticed is that it plays a few DVD’s which are short in total duration, 60 mins or less (e.g. my child’s cartoons).
I don’t use any writeable disks(e.g. DVD-R etc), they are all originals.

Is there any technical explanation for a DVD drive not playing DVD’s when the video is of longer duration?

Many thanks

By: aho

aho — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:13:13 +0000

yes i have an inspiron drive from my old laptop…the motherboard died a month ago…..i got this toshiba from someone else…drive doesnt work…so trying to change the drive …….is that possible?

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:06:58 +0000

aho,

Can i replace a toshiba Model no:PSM30E-7101V-7U laptop dvd drive with an inspiron
5160 dvd drive?

WHAT SHOULD I LOOK FOR IN DETERMINING COMPATIBLE DVD DRIVES?

Do you have that Inspiron drive? Can you try?

Also how can I determine what model of toshiba I have it says satellite but thats it!!

You can find some info about the drive in the device manager. Even though the optical drive is bad, most likely it’s still detected by the computer. Also, take a look at the DVD drive entry in the BIOS menu.