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Dead CD/DVD Drive on my Laptop.
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So this thing appears to be dead. It makes some very loud and repetitive clicking noises when a CD is loaded, and it will recognize a CD full of pictures or music. But it won't see any data on a game CD or a DVD at all.

So how do I replace it? I see that it just slides out and can be replaced like that. But do I need to buy one from the manufacturer (Alienware), or can I just buy a general one from Best Buy. I mean, are they interchangeable, or are they model specific?

Second, any drawbacks to an external CD/DVD as opposed to replacing the internal? Am I going to have to worry about data transfer speeds being lower vs. an internal?

Thanks, guys.


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Re: Dead CD/DVD Drive on my Laptop. [Re: Madtowntripper]
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check if you have a warranty..

if not, get one online (tigerdirect, newegg, etc)

that's what i would do.

check ebay too.

external isn't really a replacement.. if you wanna carry around another drive and have external power source every time you want to use a cd, then go ahead..

i thought laptops were meant to be portable :tongue:

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Re: Dead CD/DVD Drive on my Laptop. [Re: im_on_a_boat]
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This thing is in no way, shape, or form portable. It's an alienware desktop replacement and weighs a hefty amount. I would not try to carry it around.


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After one comes, through contact with it's administrators, no longer to cherish greatly the law as a remedy in abuses, then the bottle becomes a sovereign means of direct action.  If you cannot throw it at least you can always drink out of it.  - Ernest Hemingway

If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it.  In the law courts, in business, in government.  There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent.    -Cormac MacCarthy

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.  - Aeschylus

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Re: Dead CD/DVD Drive on my Laptop. [Re: Madtowntripper]
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I don't know what that machine of yours is built for, but I just got this for my gaming PC

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822173048

If you're looking to buy an external optical drive, you may want to go with this. I was looking for a bigger external HD for all my games when I found it.

It's good that you don't need it to be portable, because I'm sure this is heavy. But if you needed to work on a machine other than your own, maybe one without a working disc drive of its own, you could plug your own HD and optical drive right into it via USB.


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