My E1505 Laptop CD/DVD Drive won't read CDs!

[TecHNooB]

Ok, so the title basically explains my problem. Does anyone know a fix for this? If not, will replacing my current drive with another one work as long as the replacement is a slim drive? Any compatability issues I should know about?

 

[Parasitic]

How old is it? I think if it's still within warranty your best bet is to call Dell and have them send you a replacement.

 

[Rottie]

My friend has 1505 notebook and he thought he has a dvd drive he bought some blank dvd discs only to find the drive is really CD RW not dvd.

 

[Tiamat]

that happened to my player. The CD head broke but the DVD head was fine. Dell sent some dude to replace the drive.

 

[VinDSL]

LoL!

The optical drive in my ancient Fujitsu LifeBook quit working...

Simply removing it from my lappy, and reinstalling it did the trick!

I dunno, maybe the pins on the connector weren't making contact or something...

Anyway, it was a cheap fix!

 

[Tiamat]

Man, my e1505 backlight just up and died on me. Dell is fixing it tuesday. This is the only electronics purchase where getting the warranty was worth the cost (4yr plat). I'm so glad that I decided to pay the 150$ or so at the time. All of the problems I have had occurred after the 1 year time frame.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
This is the only electronics purchase where getting the warranty was worth the cost (4yr plat).

I'm so glad that I decided to pay the 150$ or so at the time...

w00t!

You finally beat the system...

Congratulations, bro!

Keep up the good work...