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    X11 dvd drive replacement

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by turkeytastesgood, Jun 6, 2008.

  1. turkeytastesgood

    turkeytastesgood Newbie

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    samsung service center charges me usd180 for it, is it a not-so-bad deal? what will it cost to buy one myself?

    also, what do i have to aware of if i want to get a second 1GB ram?
     
    turkeytastesgood, Jun 6, 2008
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Most optical drives are user replaceable with a current model (costing US$50 upwards).

    What is the model number of your current ODD (Device Manager will tell you) and also look in Device Manager, IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to see if the optical drive has one IDE channel for itself. It is the device with a current transfer rate of UDMA2.

    As for the RAM, download and run CPU-Z to (i) check the chipset and (ii) see how many RAM slots you have.

    John

    PS: See this thread in the hardware forum.
     
    John Ratsey, Jun 6, 2008
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