The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Making laptop DVD drive region code-free or replace?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Schnorkel, Feb 25, 2008.

  1. Schnorkel

    Schnorkel Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Here's my problem, a common one: I live in Germany and have many Region 1 and Region 2 DVDs, but I am only allowed 5 changes before I have to settle on one region. I have a Dell Latitude D810 with a NEC DVD+-RW ND-6650A drive.
    1) Is there a hack to make it code-free?
    2) If I buy a second drive and swap it out with the first one, can I set one as Code 1 and the other as Code 2?
     
    Schnorkel, Feb 25, 2008
    #1
  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    7,857
    Messages:
    16,212
    Likes Received:
    58
    Trophy Points:
    466
    1) Hacks cannot be discussed on these forums, especially ones about getting around said-DRM.
    2) I don't know, ask Dell. Probably.
     
    Greg, Feb 25, 2008
    #2