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| Thread ID: 123246 | 2012-02-13 08:23:00 | Laptop DVD replacement | bk T (215) | Press F1 |
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| 1258969 | 2012-02-13 08:23:00 | My HP laptop's DVD drive is faulty and would like to replace it. Can I just buy any DVD drive and replace it or have to get it from HP? Are all laptop DVD drives standard piece of hardware like those desktop units? Cheers |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1258970 | 2012-02-13 08:33:00 | No you have to get a laptop drive. They aint hard to find and they are mostly cross compatable. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1258971 | 2012-02-13 08:38:00 | Yes, I know that. What I meant is, are all laptop dvd drives the same? | bk T (215) | ||
| 1258972 | 2012-02-13 08:49:00 | Yes, I know that. What I meant is, are all laptop dvd drives the same? No - Different models (Some laptops) can use different connections, esp older ones. Whats the model # I have a Dead F500 HP/Compaq in the workshop, AFAIK the drive works,the Motherboard blew its nuts :D - Drives yours if you want it, just pay for postage. If needed I can post a Pic of the connection to see if its the same as yours. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1258973 | 2012-02-13 08:52:00 | How old is the laptop? What make/model? Have a look on the bottom and see if there is a screw with a marking next to it that looks like a CD. If there is remove it and the optical drive should just slide out. If not then it may be a bit harder to get it out. If the drive is SATA then they are all usually the same and you can just slide a replacement drive in. Sometimes you may have to remove the front bezel of each drive and swap them over so that the replacement matches the style of your laptop. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1258974 | 2012-02-13 09:26:00 | It's a HP Compaq nx6120, quite an old laptop. Will try to pull it out tomorrow to see what sort of connection it has. Wainutech, it would be nice if you could post a picture of the connection type. :thanks Just did a quick check and found that it's not cheap, really, considering the age of this laptop, may just drop the idea. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1258975 | 2012-02-13 09:31:00 | More than likely it will be an IDE drive so less chance of just buying a generic replacement. | CYaBro (73) | ||
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