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    Dvd drive is dead

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by silvermana, Nov 6, 2013.

  1. silvermana

    silvermana Notebook Enthusiast

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    My dvd drive rejectsevery disc i put in. I know plenty of you swapped their dvd drive to a ssd. Should I swap as well or should I ask if any of you have your left over dvd drive and sell it to me :)
     
    silvermana, Nov 6, 2013
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  2. dovy

    dovy Notebook Consultant

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    i had same problem. was trying to install win 7 at the time, unhappy memories. what i do now is sort of slide it in and also spin it sideways with my finger. do it quickly and it might work :)
     
    dovy, Nov 6, 2013
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  3. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    You could try looking on eBay or any other re-seller.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Nov 8, 2013
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  4. silvermana

    silvermana Notebook Enthusiast

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    Tried this and did not work i will go check on ebay i guess.
     
    silvermana, Nov 10, 2013
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  5. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    If you are happy with an external drive then put a HDD in there instead. Just recently Samsung announced a 2TB 9.5mm 2.5" HDD! Put an SSD in the primary SATA bay. Primary bay is SATA II, HDD bay is only SATA I. Not a lot of point putting an SSD on SATA I.
     
    King of Interns, Nov 10, 2013
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