[GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

[Don Tai]

Have you checked on eBay if a replacement is available? It might be very
inexpensive. If not, then how often do you use the DVD? I replaced mine
with an extra disk and rarely miss the DVD.

Don

On 29 September 2017 at 17:14, znoteer--- via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> > Le 29 septembre 2017 à 17:02, "Chris F.A. Johnson via talk" <
> talk at gtalug.org> a écrit :
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not an expert, but here are my thoughts:
>
> > The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died.
> >
> > I see three options:
> >
> > 1. Get it fixed
>
> This will likely be the most expensive in both dollars and
> hours-of-downtime
>
> > 2. Replace it
> > 3. Ignore it and get an external DVD
>
> 3 is the easiest and the fastest (cost in time, relative to 2), because
> you don't have to open up your lappy, and you don't have to figure out
> which model of internal drive is compatible with your lappy, and possibly
> wait while it is ordered.  Couldn't say which (between 2 and 3) would cost
> more dollar wise.
>
> But, with 2, you don't have to carry around, and find desk space for,
> another device and cable.
>
> All the best,
>
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