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Is it just me or are Dell cd/dvd drives just generally pretty crap?

  • 17-11-2009 5:10pm
    #1
    eskimo
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    Just a simple question, have any of you noticed that Dell cd/dvd drives just pretty much tend to be extremely temperamental and regularly end up just not working at all?

    Or am I just having bad luck with my drives?


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  • #2
    Venom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    Its a Dell man par for the course :)

    Just buy a new one online for about 40 quid.


  • #3
    eskimo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 682 ✭✭✭eskimo


    Ahh I see. I thought as much. The drive itself was made by Hitachi but maybe Dell didn't pay them very much lol. Can you recommend any I could buy online? Are laptop cd drives easy to replace?


  • #4
    Venom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    eskimo wrote: »
    Ahh I see. I thought as much. The drive itself was made by Hitachi but maybe Dell didn't pay them very much lol. Can you recommend any I could buy online? Are laptop cd drives easy to replace?

    Damm I didnt know it was a laptop :(

    From what I read on the subject its not that easy but cant say for sure. Is the laptop still under warranty ?


  • #5
    eskimo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 682 ✭✭✭eskimo


    Nah it's over two years old. Doh!


  • #6
    Venom
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    Maybe try one of the laptop repair places and see what they can do.


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  • #7
    monkeypants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭monkeypants


    Laptop drives are even easier to replace the desktop ones. The only tricky thing is the bezel, which you may need to swap with the one on the old drive. Just so that it closes flush with the laptop casing. Type in the model number for your laptop into YouTube and maybe "replace DVD" and see what pops up. That'll show you how difficult it is.

    OEM manufacturers will spend the money on the branded parts that they think that consumers expect to receive. Intel processors, Microsoft Windows, nVidia graphics cards, that kind of thing. Every other component is as cheap as they can make it. Years ago the biggest difference was in modems, the dial-up kind. One with the PC was crap vs. the one that you bought in a shop which worked well.


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