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| General Hardware Forum Discuss, your opinions please.. but simple... at Computer Hardware forum; I need some SIMPLE advice and instructions Ok folks, I have now begun to get the death throes of my second dvd drive on a 5027HC+. I was lucky enough to get a replacement drive out of a used machine that replaced my original (?) drive but it's developing the |
Posted: 26-08-2008 - #1
| I need some SIMPLE advice and instructions Ok folks, I have now begun to get the death throes of my second dvd drive on a 5027HC+. I was lucky enough to get a replacement drive out of a used machine that replaced my original (?) drive but it's developing the same symptoms as the first. So, here's the parameters.. I can understand the hands-on technology necessary to actually replace the drive, but reading all the numbers and brands on this forum has glazed my eyes over... I live in the UK, The drive needs to play as wide a variety of file formats as possible. It must be easy to firmware upgrade from a mac (osx). It must be as cheap as possible - (don't want much, do I?) I don't mind replacing these things every coupla years or so.. but every six months is a bit OTT. So, can someone give me just one or two choices, and the best place t get them. I would greatly appreciate the input, but if you give me too many choices then I'll just stare into the headlights. thanks for the help |
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Posted: 26-08-2008 - #2
| Scan.co.uk has a good selection so does overclockers.co.uk The Pioneer 115 is a good drive. If your having some trouble with your optical drives I would suggest getting a new IDE cable with your purchase. Pioneer 115 IDE cable |
Posted: 26-08-2008 - #3
| SVP also do quite a few drives at reasonable cost. I personally like the LG drives but if you search the forum you will find plenty of opinions mostly different.
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Posted: 27-08-2008 - #4
| Thank you both very much... that's exactly the info that I needed. I assume that the Pioneer 115 will fit into my machine, yes? Now for the other idiot question.. at what point to I need to check "firmware"? Is it drive related, disc related or machine related? and how do I do it (with a mac)? I DO know that most of this info is contained within this site in a variety of forms and links but it is very difficult to cull the stuff that actually applies to MY machine.. even I search for it by number I still get confused. So I figure, it don't hurt to ask for help, right? thanks everyone |
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