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    7811fx optical drive upgrade

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Daedric, Aug 12, 2008.

  1. Daedric

    Daedric Notebook Consultant

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    Alright guys I thought I might as well take advantage of the opportunity I have. Now my father just got a new dv7t with a blu ray optical drive and he'll probably never use it. So my question is: Would it be possible to switch out my dvd drive with his blu ray drive? Not really sure if it'll work or not,lol. Thanks for the help :)
     
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  2. Jakamo5

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    In an educated guess I think that you could. I should point out that you'd be ruining the 7811 color scheme for that side of the notebook (but this may not matter to you much)
     
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    being able to switch out the drives, most likely, just find the screw in each computer that holds the optical drive in place and see if you can get it out.

    as for the color scheme thing....the black plastic on the front of the optical drive is a faceplate which is easily changed out.

    EDIT: another thing to point out is that you may need at the very least a software level decoder in order to play the bluray movies.
     
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    Are optical drives really that universal??
     
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    I didn't realize. That's pretty cool, lucky you daedric
     
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    When posting a reply press the button under the smileyfaces option that looks like the earth with a chain. Paste your link. As soon as you do that, just type what you would like it to display as (because that portion of the link will automatically be selected for edit).
     
    Jakamo5, Aug 12, 2008
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  9. Diablo

    Diablo Metalhead

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    i dont think it likes me then. i hit the button, paste the link, and then type a word after it, before hitting the ok button, and it doesnt display as the word. :mad:
     
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    don't put the word after it. As soon as you paste the link and hit ok, don't click anywhere else, just start typing. The word(s) that it displays as should go right before the [/url]
     
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  11. Diablo

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    dude i love you....in a completely non-homosexual way.
     
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    lol np ten characters
     
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  13. Tybalt39

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    One thing to note...

    Not every optical drive puts the eject button or the emergency eject "hole" in the same place. Therefore, check the locations of these items before trying to swap face plates. It won't effect function, just cosmetics if you can't swap faces. The most common blueray upgrade for this series of laptops has come from the same manufacturer that supplies the existing optical drive. That's why the face plate swap has been so easy....
     
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    hence why i linked to the sony optiarc 5500A
     
    Diablo, Aug 12, 2008
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    Works for me... :)
     
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    mehh I think you got it ... forgot to refresh the thread...
     
    sephiroth135, Aug 12, 2008
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  17. Daedric

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    To all,
    thank you for all the comments :D I'll test it out tomorrow :)
     
    Daedric, Aug 12, 2008
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