Comments on: Replacing optical drive on Toshiba Satellite A50 or A55 laptop

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:22:39 +0000

@ hassan,

I have a Toshiba laptop purchased in the United States and cannot locate the part number for my optical drive. please help me to find it.

Toshiba satellite l305-S5919
Mdel no:PSL B8U-0JG037

The following DVD drives listed for your laptop: V000121910, V000123260, V000121920, V000126880, V000121930.

By: hassan

hassan — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:18:02 +0000

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I have a Toshiba laptop purchased in the United States and cannot locate the part number for my optical drive. please help me to find it.

Toshiba satellite l305-S5919
Mdel no:PSL B8U-0JG037

i would like to replace my optical drive : cddvdw tsstcorp st-l633a ATA device (doesn t work)

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:18:18 +0000

John,

I have an old Toshiba Satellite A85-S107 that has a broken CD/DVD drive. I saw the part numbers listed for this model earlier (very helpful.) I am wondering if other datellite models have compatible drives. Specifically, I am looking at a A215-S7433 listed on Craigslist. Could I swap the drive from this into my machine?

It’s hard to tell without looking at both drives. I think you can. I believe both laptops have IDE optical drive installed.
But you’ll have to transfer the front plate. These optical drives have different front plates.

By: John

John — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 03:11:09 +0000

I have an old Toshiba Satellite A85-S107 that has a broken CD/DVD drive. I saw the part numbers listed for this model earlier (very helpful.) I am wondering if other datellite models have compatible drives. Specifically, I am looking at a A215-S7433 listed on Craigslist. Could I swap the drive from this into my machine?

Thanks,
John

By: Gene

Gene — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:11:52 +0000

Thanks!! It’s a Toshiba A205-S5843. The UJ-850 drive came installed in this model.

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:43:20 +0000

Gene,

If I ever have to replace this drive,do you have any suggestions over what I’m using now?

If your laptop was purchased in the USA and you can give me the laptop model number, I can look up Toshiba part number for the replacement CD/DVD drive. After that you just google the part number or search it on eBay.

By: Gene

Gene — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:07:11 +0000

Checking connections should be a part of the trouble-shooting flowchart when possible. The bad connection meant this Matshita UJ850S would show up on the BIOS bootscreen,the drive would work for a time in Windows then mysteriously drop off the Explorer and Device Manager until reboot. Now after two days this drive functions normally reading and writing DVDs and CDs.

If I ever have to replace this drive,do you have any suggestions over what I’m using now?

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:56:34 +0000

Gene,

Your quick and easy guide to removing the drive really did help. I simply reseated the drive a few times and replaced the retaining screw.

Apparently the drive had bad contact with the motherboard. Yep, sometimes reseating connections does fix the problem.

By: Gene

Gene — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:52:26 +0000

I had a problem with the DVD drive icon vanishing off Windows Explorer on my Toshiba A205. I did all the recommended software fixes,but still had the problem. So Google brought me here.

Your quick and easy guide to removing the drive really did help. I simply reseated the drive a few times and replaced the retaining screw. (Sometime connections go bad and re-seating helps) Acts fine now. If this problem returns,I’ll know replacing a dvd drive is as easy as replacing a light bulb.

Thanks!!

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:52:56 +0000

Tiffany,

I need help in find the part number for a toshiba sattellite l355 dvd drive. model PSLD0U-00800X

It would be helpful to know which part you are looking for.
If you are talking about the CD/DVD drive you can use one of the following: V000120910, V000120920, V000120930, V000121710. They all are double layer DVD super multi drives. You can use either one.