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Title: Broken CD/DVD drive Post by: blah blah on Monday, June 25, 2012, 14:38:48 Hello all you IT folks
My son managed to drop his laptop the other day (Dell Inspiron), luckily the only problem I have found with it is that the CD/DVD drawer is broken. A quick call to PC world followed, they wanted £50 + parts. I know they wont be the cheapest but even so that sounds a lot for what is probably a fairly easy job. So a couple of quick questions Are all CD drives the same size with the same fixings etc or do I have to buy a Dell drive for a Dell laptop ? Is it really just a couple of screws to remove the old one, then slot the new one in and screw it in or is there more to it than that ? Thanks all Title: Re: Broken CD/DVD drive Post by: jonny72 on Monday, June 25, 2012, 14:45:31 Buy an external DVD drive instead, will cost about £20.
Title: Re: Broken CD/DVD drive Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, June 25, 2012, 14:50:18 Assuming the Inspiron is a 1525 (which it may not be) a replacement drive from Ebay will be about £15.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Inspiron-1525-1526-DVD-RW-TS-L632-F104H-PT068-/330506236096?pt=UK_Computing_Drives_Storage_CD_DVD_Drives_ET&hash=item4cf3b4f0c0 Takes literally 2 minutes to fit, a few screws to remove etc, heres a guide. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAUOW3mxxPE Do it yourself it is very easy. Title: Re: Broken CD/DVD drive Post by: blah blah on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 08:53:42 Thanks JJ, looks even easier than I thought !
Its a 1545 but it looks very similar as far as the fitting goes. A lot of the ones on eBay seem to be refurbished or used, is there any risk in buying those or is it worth spending the extra £10-£15 for a brand new one ? Title: Re: Broken CD/DVD drive Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 09:20:28 Nah buy refurbished as theres a high liklihood it will be dropped again in the future!
Title: Re: Broken CD/DVD drive Post by: blah blah on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 10:38:26 Nah buy refurbished as theres a high liklihood it will be dropped again in the future! You know my son then ? ;D Title: Re: Broken CD/DVD drive Post by: jayohaitchenn on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 15:13:07 JJ knows him inside out... if you know what I mean ;)
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