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Replacing a laptop Drive

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trigun500

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A friend called and said her DVD drive in her Lappy died. She called the manufacturer and they are just sending her a new one. She asked if I would replace it for her (she knows I build computers). Has anybody done this before? It's for a gateway mt3423.

Any tips would be great.


Thanks
 
Some of them just pop out easily. Some have a single screw which holds them in and you can slide them out.

Some of them, you have to half tear apart the computer to get them replaced.

If it was an Apple, you might even have to take everything, including the motherboard, out of the system in order to replace it (stupid...but I've had to do it on one before).

Likely if they are sending her one bare, it just pops out or has a single screw that locks it in.
 
There is usually a tab or something which you can push in so it pops out; once it's out, you just pull it and the optical drives comes with it.
 
Originally posted by: Sheninat0r
There is usually a tab or something which you can push in so it pops out; once it's out, you just pull it and the optical drives comes with it.
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With a crowbar? That would mess it up! 😛
 
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