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| Thread ID: 62889 | 2005-10-22 22:40:00 | Replacing CD-ROM drive | martynz (5445) | Press F1 |
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| 398442 | 2005-10-22 22:40:00 | The CD-ROM drive in my laptop is playing up, temperamental playing DVDs, sometimes whirrs away at high speed etc. etc. In addition it will only play commercially produced CDs and DVDs. I can obtain a replacement from the supplier in the UK, maybe even get one here in NZ. But the $64,000 question is can I replace it with a later model i.e one that plays burned CDs and DVDs as well as commercial ones? My UK supplier seems singularly reluctant to advise me on this. OK, I know some people will say...Buy a new laptop....but indulge my whim on this one please. I believe its a re-badged Asus and the drive is a Toshiba SD-C2302. Martynz |
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| 398443 | 2005-10-23 00:44:00 | Any DVD/CD computer drive should read "burned" CDs . Early CD drives had problems with non-pressed disks (because burned disks are not standard CDs . :D The standard required the contrast given by pressed grooves . However, as soon as burners became common the manufacturers of readers had to make the readers work with less contrast . Although early DVD drives might have had trouble reading burned DVDs the ones produced now should conform with reality, too . |
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| 398444 | 2005-10-23 03:10:00 | Thanks Graham for telling me what I already know. You havn't answered my question however. Martynz |
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| 398445 | 2005-10-23 04:34:00 | i don't know much on laptops but i suspect most cd drives are not interchangable between brands/models unless the manafactures lists it as such. you may need to get an external. | tweak'e (69) | ||
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