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| Thread ID: 77312 | 2007-03-05 08:52:00 | Help - I just lost a bit of my laptop!! | NZMacka (11756) | Press F1 |
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| 530392 | 2007-03-05 08:52:00 | This is gonna sound really stupid . . . but, I have a Toshiba laptop with CD drive on the side . . . but today I lost that little plastic bit that the CD "clips" on to when you put a CD in the drive . Its hard to explain, but its the peice of round plastic that is in the centre of the drive and the CD clips on to it when you load a new CD . I am guessing that it has got stuck in the centre of a CD somewhere and I have'nt noticed when I have removed it . . . :help: Do you guys know if this part is available without buying a whole new drive? It won't work with out it . . . ( that how I discovered it was missing!):blush: Any help appreciated! |
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| 530393 | 2007-03-05 19:55:00 | Lots of laptop CD Drives are generic. ( for instance I have a NEC DVD drive in my IBM ) So find a wrecked laptop somewhere ( trademe ? ) and you will probably find that part you want is the same. | racepics (7812) | ||
| 530394 | 2007-03-06 07:29:00 | Lots of laptop CD Drives are generic. ( for instance I have a NEC DVD drive in my IBM ) So find a wrecked laptop somewhere ( trademe ? ) and you will probably find that part you want is the same. But, how easy (or difficult) it is to replace the CD drive? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 530395 | 2007-03-06 21:39:00 | Usually not too hard; they're pretty generic. What you will probably need to do though is dismantle the laptop to get at it, and a lot of vendors also have some kind of proprietary mounting attached to the drive - that would need to be removed and attached to the new drive. Remember which screws go where - laptop screws aren't as standardised as ATX ones. While you're at it, why not upgrade it to a DVD burner? |
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