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    Asus Z70VA DVD Drive Question

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by dcw1, Dec 4, 2006.

  1. dcw1

    dcw1 Notebook Guru

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    Ok my asus Z70VA DVD drive is a Mat****a UJ-831D ( i believe) anyways its a 8X rated drive that has never had a firmware update made for it and only burns 8x on maybe a select handful of dvd media (not even some top rated media) Ive never liked the drive and its always causeing me problems. What im wondering is if i can purchase a really good DVD burner and put the faceplate from this burner on the new one i buy so that it matches my laptop. If so how would i go about doint this and any recomendations ona really good DVD burner that woud fit in this model of laptop.

    Also i had to make this new account cause the password retrival on this forum wont send a message to my email account like its supposed to. Any idea why? My regular user name is canadian_mofo.
     
    dcw1, Dec 4, 2006
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    I have Mat****a UJ-841S and no problems :)
     
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    bumping it any answers?
     
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    would really appreciate an answer from one of you notbook guru's. thanks
     
    dcw1, Dec 5, 2006
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    Hey, try NEC drive just change the bezel from your old dvdrw to the new one. Not sure about the faceplate. I have Z70VA too and got tired of the dvdrw drive so I'm going to buy an external dvdrw for my laptop.

    P.S. Here the model: NEC ND6500A DVD-RW they're suppose to be good. Fits Z70V model so I don't see why it doesn't fit the Z70VA.
     
    Babyboy, Dec 5, 2006
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