There are many reasons for a drive failure: problems with a laser photodiode, the use of low-quality discs, dirt and even banal aging of the drive and all its parts. When this happens to your CD / DVD drive, you should know how to replace the drive on your laptop. It will not be difficult to do this yourself, and you do not need to have special skills to carry out this operation.
Necessary
- -new floppy drive;
- -external optical drive (if not for your laptop model;
- -driver;
- -crosshead screwdriver;
- -user manual for laptop.
Instructions
Step 1
Disassemble your laptop with a regular Phillips screwdriver. Unscrew each bolt carefully so you don't have to buy them later. In the user manual, see exactly what the drive looks like, where it is located and what it is connected to.
Step 2
Disconnect the drive from the laptop, the main thing is not to damage the rest of the parts that are located next to the CD / DVD drive. Write down all information from the CD / DVD drive: name, manufacturer's company, model number, read and write speed.
Step 3
Buy an original drive according to the information that you recorded from the drive. Or check with the seller if there are newer and better speed drives for your laptop model. If you don't have an identical drive, get an external optical drive that simply plugs into USB.
Step 4
Mount the floppy drive you bought into the laptop. The main thing is to connect it exactly as the old floppy drive was installed (so that there are no failures in the laptop system itself). If you bought an external drive, build your laptop without a built-in drive and simply plug the drive into a USB port. Install the driver from the disc that came with your new floppy drive onto your computer. If you do everything correctly, your new optical drive will work properly.
