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    Need to remove DVD drive...Help

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by hazoth, Aug 31, 2006.

  1. hazoth

    hazoth Newbie

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    Hello,I need help to remove dvd drive from my Acer Aspire 1652WLMi

    I would want to know if it's difficult to extract it from the notebook?

    I need a new DVD recorder... :eek:
     
    hazoth, Aug 31, 2006
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  2. gilo

    gilo Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Most DVD drives these days are bay mounted meaning there is a screw in the bottom that you undo and then just push the drive out .
     
    gilo, Aug 31, 2006
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  3. sionyboy

    sionyboy Notebook Evangelist

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    What happened to your dvd recorder, if you don't mind me asking?
     
    sionyboy, Aug 31, 2006
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  4. hazoth

    hazoth Newbie

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    tnx gilo...I've read that many Acer need to remove also the keybord to replace the "frame"...I don't know if it's in my case,I've aspire 1652 with the worst DVD rec even made(QSI SDW-082)!!!!!
     
    hazoth, Aug 31, 2006
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  5. hazoth

    hazoth Newbie

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    Don't burn DVD and when it burn, the DVD it's unreadable...(model:QSI SDW-082)
     
    hazoth, Aug 31, 2006
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  6. sionyboy

    sionyboy Notebook Evangelist

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    I had that dvd writed in my old Acer 3613wlmi. It was awful at burning anything, but it is not so much the writer, it is more to do with the fact that Acer only ship their laptops with one IDE channel, so you have the writer and hard drive sharing the same resource which makes burning slow and annoying. You might find you have the same problem buying a new DVD writer.

    Have you tried updating firmware at all? latest one i can find is Here
     
    sionyboy, Aug 31, 2006
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  7. hazoth

    hazoth Newbie

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    Hi,ok I've updated the firmware version...now I've lx48...the problem persist,but using nero(instead NTI)the DVD seems to work fine...
    ...It's too strange Acer don't test it's componets in order to avoid Hard/software incompatibilities??? Mah...

    Today I will make another long test with different support,and I let you know

    Tnx all!
     
    hazoth, Sep 1, 2006
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  8. SSX4life

    SSX4life Notebook Deity

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    oem software usually sucks @ss. Nero 6 or 7 is great and it is the #1 peice of software I reccomend for windows.

    Hope it keeps working fine for you.

    --ssx--
     
    SSX4life, Sep 1, 2006
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