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    Lightscribe drive for 7805u fx

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by bambai, Feb 25, 2009.

  1. bambai

    bambai Notebook Enthusiast

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    I see some success in replacing the factory dvd drive for a blue ray drive but I am interested in replacing the Labelflash drive for a Lighscribe drive. Anyone???
     
    bambai, Feb 25, 2009
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    I would also like to know if there is a Lightscribe SATA drive which will install and line up w/the pre-exisiting holes. Any help would be highly appreciated
     
    johnnydugood, Sep 24, 2009
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    It should work pretty easily, just swap the drives and change the faceplate.

    I used to have an HP with lightscribe and i didnt notice any differences in size of the drives (though i never took it out to measure so take this advice with a grain of salt)

    One question though... as its essentially the exact same thing, why would you care if you have lableflash or lightscribe?
     
    Kamin_Majere, Sep 24, 2009
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  4. andy A

    andy A Notebook Consultant

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    Probably availability of media. Labelflash media is still not as mainstream as Lightscribe.

    Some of us who replaced our drives with BluRay drives actually had the firmware that supported lightscribe + BD and there was success with lightscribe working. The BD playback required Anydvd to work properly though along with a player. So with just a lightscribe drive I think you will have a high probability of it working.
     
    andy A, Sep 24, 2009
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    Just a question Andy - which model had the Blue Ray and Lightscribe features?? Appreciate the help
     
    johnnydugood, Sep 25, 2009
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    andy A, Sep 25, 2009
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    I would wonder on how much media you plan on burning? I think you would have to burn quite a few before you made up the price difference.....
     
    TANWare, Sep 26, 2009
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