Ideas on where to buy new internal DVD Burner for Laptop

[tazdevl]

Anyone know of an online shop that carries internal slimline optical drives? My CDRW is crapping out, figured I'd get a 4X DVD+RW drive if possible.

Also, can you plop in any internal drive or do OEMs have proprietary connectors?

Laptop is a Presario 2810T.

Thanks.

 

[tazdevl]

NM found one @ Newegg. NEC ND5500A, 4X DVD+R/-R, +RW/-RW, 24X16X24 $148. Not a bad deal, Dell's is $229 and doesn't support -R/RW writing.

If I don't post back, soon, everything is working like a champ.

 

[cordite]

They are interchangable, however, note the following:

1. The bezel that comes with the new drive probably won't match the case styling of your laptop. This is purely a cosmetic issue. Odds are that you won't be able to swap a bezel from one drive to another unless you're incredibly lucky.

2. You'll need to remove the IDE connector from your old drive and then put it on the new drive. For some laptops you'll need to pull additional mounting bracket hardware and move it to the new drive. If your old drive slipped into a modular bay on your laptop, you'll need to take the casing off the old drive and put it on the new one.

 

[tazdevl]

Originally posted by: cordite
They are interchangable, however, note the following:

1. The bezel that comes with the new drive probably won't match the case styling of your laptop. This is purely a cosmetic issue. Odds are that you won't be able to swap a bezel from one drive to another unless you're incredibly lucky.

2. You'll need to remove the IDE connector from your old drive and then put it on the new drive. For some laptops you'll need to pull additional mounting bracket hardware and move it to the new drive. If your old drive slipped into a modular bay on your laptop, you'll need to take the casing off the old drive and put it on the new one.

Good deal. Thanks for the scoopage.

*Edit, took a look and I don't think it's going to happen. Connector goes straight into a board. Laptop is two and a half years old, so I think manuf were still pushing for non-standard interfaces.