If it turns out we can't get your drive working then an external drive
can be an excellent solution. As stated earlier the Mat****a drives are
known to be "not so great" and when looking for a new drive we'd be
happy to help.


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locoeng

vista ultimate 32/64 bit dual boot
gigabyte ep35 ds3r/xfx geforce 8600gt/corsair 520hx
g.skill ddr ii 800 x2 gigs
seagate 120gb (ide) x2/wd 750 (sata)
samsung sh203b sbo3 patched codeking
pioneer 215l patched mcse
nec/optiarc 7200s 1.06bt liggy&dee
lite-on 20a1l bl06 -fb fbl eos eoht 6-

What is the model number of the laptop. Sone drives are easy to get
hold of, and easy to fit.


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roy69

- Core 2 Quad Q6600
- Abit IP35 Pro
- 4 x 1GB OcUK PC2-6400 C5 800 MHZ Dual Channel
- Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3
- CiBox TFT 22" Widescreen LCD Panel. 1680 x 1050
- Creative X-Fi 7.1 PCI-E
- Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
- Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
- Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU

Torz, again depending on the laptop brand. Many brand of laptops have a
dvd that is a customer install item. Post the model and brand and then
we can tell how easy it will be to change.. Laptop dvd's are a bit more
expensive and can be real easy to change....


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bgrenco

Laptop DVD's are a breeze to replace unless it is a dinosaur, some slide
right out, some have two screws visible from the bottom of the notebook. You
can find one on eBay for peanuts.

"Torz" wrote:


no its my laptop, hence y it has to go into pc world to be sorted. Will
give the other things a go and post u the info locoeng.

I do appreciate your help guys.


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Torz

They are not as bad as they seeem.


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roy69

- Core 2 Quad Q6600
- Abit IP35 Pro
- 4 x 1GB OcUK PC2-6400 C5 800 MHZ Dual Channel
- Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3
- CiBox TFT 22" Widescreen LCD Panel. 1680 x 1050
- Creative X-Fi 7.1 PCI-E
- Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
- Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
- Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU

I've had op;tical drives fail at just 6 months. It honestly depends a lot
on how you look after them and how much you use them. Replacing them is
easy in a desktop. Remove the side of the case, AFTER turning off the PC,
find thr back of the optical drive, disconnect both cables (power and
ribbon), unscrew two screws and the drive will slip forward where you can
remove it. Installing is just the opposite. The only thing to be careful
of is if it's an IDE drive (wide ribbon cable (as opposed to small and
usually red narrow cable which is SATA) is to make sure the jumpers in the
replacement drive are set the same as the old drive. If it's a SATA drive,
there are no jumpers. It would take me approximately 3-4 minutes to replace
a drive.
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Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows

"Torz" wrote in message
...

Where would I find the model number hon? Sorry :-/

I personally think it just needs a new drive but when I mentioned it to
dad he went mad at me said it was only out of guarentee two months ago .
blah blah blah. like its his money that I am going to spend. so I
thought I would double check all avenues before I take it up to pc
world.

It does not play cd's. they all turn in the drive but nothing ever
happens.

I wouldnt know where to start changing a dvd drive ... I should do took
a course on fixing a pc last year ha ha.


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Torz

ok there is the screen shot from imgburn.

I tried that update button, it took me to another forum that quickly re
directed me to a page that is not working lol. I am unlucky.

The make of the laptop is a philips freevents x59p

Any of you want a laugh? I was away Sunday and thought I would pick up
a computer mag to read on my travels, grabbed one with a disk on it and
thought, hmm I wonder if any of the programs on here could help fix my
computer. How I was going to run the disk with no drive I will never
know. Doh

So is it time to hit the thing with a hammer? or go to the shops to
buy a new drive lol.


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Torz

TBH, the picture is too small for me to get the model number from your
drive. It looks like UJ850s with firmware 1.60, but I can't be sure.
Unfortunately slimline drives like yours don't get as much support as do
the 5.25 drives found in desktops....and on top of that it's a mat****a
drive. It might just save you some headache to get an external drive.

As far as the link you were redirected to, RPC1 recently changed
servers and the format of their site so linking to current firmware via
Imgburn probably won't work right again. I'll have a chat with LUK
about it...maybe we can get it changed.

'LITEON DX-20A4PU-05 USB DVD Burner 2-Tone External Retail at
ZipZoomfly'
(http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10008338)
'Samsung 20X External DVD Rewritable Drive wLightscribe - 20x DVD±R
Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL, 12x DVD-RAM,
48x32x CD-RRW SE-S204NAMBN at TigerDirect.com'
(http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&Sku=S203-8518)

I'd personally go for the Samsung drive as it's the external equivalent
of my 203B and is one of my all time favorite drives. Stay away from
HP's and Sony's as they are rebradged (OEM) usually from Lite-On or LG.


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locoeng

vista ultimate 32/64 bit dual boot
gigabyte ep35 ds3r/xfx geforce 8600gt/corsair 520hx
g.skill ddr ii 800 x2 gigs
seagate 120gb (ide) x2/wd 750 (sata)
samsung sh203b sbo3 patched codeking
pioneer 215l patched mcse
nec/optiarc 7200s 1.06bt liggy&dee
lite-on 20a1l bl06 -fb fbl eos eoht 6-

I dont want an external drive though, cos my laptop is for traveling. I
am away at least two nights a week and have to cart it around with me.
Thats most probs how I damaged it tbh, not that I have ver dropped or
banged it.

Sorry about image .. re sized it for u.

I think this is simply going back to pc world for a new drive lol.
What tends to break in the drives? do they just burn out or something?
I am clueless with hardware.


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Torz

Have you deleted your upper and lower filters in the Registry?

'You can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive, or you receive
an error message after you remove a CD recording program or a DVD
recording program in Windows XP: "error code 31"'
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060)


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locoeng

vista ultimate 32/64 bit dual boot
gigabyte ep35 ds3r/xfx geforce 8600gt/corsair 520hx
g.skill ddr ii 800 x2 gigs
seagate 120gb (ide) x2/wd 750 (sata)
samsung sh203b sbo3 patched codeking
pioneer 215l patched mcse
nec/optiarc 7200s 1.06bt liggy&dee
lite-on 20a1l bl06 -fb fbl eos eoht 6-