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.

    EVO N115 DVD-ROM drive upgrade?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by seeklink, Dec 3, 2004.

  1. seeklink

    seeklink Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    42
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    HI,
    This topic should probably belong to the museum...
    I got a quite old EVO N115 notebook with Athlon CPU. It has a Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-C2502 drive. It's not a modular drive.
    And my warranty has expired.
    Q1. Is it easy to replace it myself?

    It costs about US$90. I need it to be fixed in order to sell it for US$400.
    Q2. What other alternatives do I have?

    thanks.
     
    seeklink, Dec 3, 2004
    #1
  2. seeklink

    seeklink Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    42
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Sorry guys, I posted the Q too soon.
    I found the new spare part on Ebay on bought it for $50 + $18 shipping.
    Not sure how to change it though, but I don't think it's that difficult. Once again, sorry for the post.
     
    seeklink, Dec 3, 2004
    #2
  3. seeklink

    seeklink Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    42
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Does anyone know whether it's possible to replace the current DVD-ROM drive with a CD-writer, or perhaps a DVD-writer?

    Is it most internal notebook drives are standard, and so I will have no problem at all?
     
    seeklink, Dec 8, 2004
    #3
  4. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    441
    Messages:
    3,667
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    It was trivial to replace the optical drive in my zv5000z. If you can figure out how to remove your existing drive, sliding in a new one should be easy. HP likes to use non-standard bezels but that's just a cosmetic difference. See ultradrives.com and newegg.com for notebook (slimline) burners. I've bought from both.
     
    brianstretch, Dec 8, 2004
    #4