CD/DVD drive

How to take apart Sony Vaio VGN-S460B laptop

This guide will help you to take apart a Sony Vaio VGN-S460B laptop. The main idea of this guide is replacing the internal memory module and hard drive. In order to replace these parts, you’ll have to take the whole laptop apart.
On this laptop, there is no access to the hard drive without removing the […]

Taking apart Fujitsu LifeBook V series notebook. Removing hard drive, memory, DVD drive and keyboard.

This guide will help you take apart a Fujitsu LifeBook V series notebook. It will show how you can remove the hard drive, memory modules, DVD drive and keyboard. Also, I’ll show how you can clean the heat sink. I have created this guide while taking apart a Fujitsu LifeBook V1010.
The badge on the front said “LIFEBOOK […]

How to take apart Sony Vaio Z1 series notebook

This guide will help you take apart a Sony Vaio Z1 series notebook. In this notebook all so-called user replaceable parts such as memory module, hard drive, DVD drive, etc… are hidden under the top cover making them hard to access or even find.
For cleaning the cooling fan and heat sink or replacing the memory […]

How to replace hard drive and DVD drive in Acer Aspire 3610 laptop

The following instructions will explain how to replace the hard drive and the DVD drive in an Acer Aspire 3610 laptop. I’m not familiar with Acer laptops but these instructions could be the same for other Aspire 3600 series laptops, such as Aspire 3610, 3620, 3630, 3640, 3660, 3680.
1. Hard drive replacement instructions here

The hard […]

Dell Latitude C840. Removing DVD/CD-RW drive and upgrading it with DVD burner.

Today I upgraded my Dell Latitude C840. I removed the older DVD/CD-RW drive and replaced it with a newer DVD burner. Here’s how it’s been done.
I had a Toshiba DVD Super Multi Drive (it reads CDs and DVDs, burns CDs and DVDs) laying around and I decided to install it into my old friend Dell […]

Removing and replacing CD/DVD drive on HP and Compaq laptops

Here’s another great tutorial from BiXNET.com
These instructions will guide you through CD/DVD drive removal and replacement on some HP and Compaq laptops. This tutorial should work for the following laptops:
Compaq Evo Notebook N1050v, N1010v
Compaq Presario 1100, 2100, 2500
HP Pavilion ze4100, ze4200, ze4300, ze4400, ze4500, ze4600, ze4700, ze5200, ze5300, ze5400, ze5500, ze5600
HP nx9000, nx9005, nx9008, nx9010
If […]

Replacing optical drive on Toshiba Satellite A50 or A55 laptop

This illustrated guide explains how you can replace the optical drive (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-RW) on a Toshiba Satellite A50 or A55 laptop. Both models are the same, so disassembly steps will be the same too.
The author says:
Make sure that front panel of new DVD-ROM / DVD-RW (next will be mentioned as DVD-ROM) is approximately […]

How to remove CD or DVD disc from a not working laptop

Here’s how you can remove a CD or DVD disc from a not working laptop. Let’s say the laptop will not turn on but there is a CD or DVD disc stuck inside the optical drive and you want to get it out. Also, you can use these instructions if the laptop itself is working […]

Replacing hard drive on a Sony Vaio PCG-F630 laptop

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for removing and replacing the hard drive on a Sony Vaio PCG-F630 laptop. Yes, this is an older laptop but some people still have it.
It’s not as easy as Dell or Toshiba because the Sony guys decided to put the hard drive inside and under the keyboard in a not-so-easy-to-access […]

Removing DVD drive from a Toshiba Satellite P100 laptop

Can someone pleas tell me how to remove the DVD drive from a Toshiba Satellite P100 laptop?
I want to replace it for another one because this one is not working well.
It is not very easy to remove the DVD drive from this model because the drive is secured under the keyboard. I took some […]