Been asked if I can get hold of an optical drive for a Dell Studio 1535 notebook(Model PP33L0.A month out of warranty its packed in.The drive in there is a TSST corp DVD+ - RWT633A(slot load).If anyone can help either with a new/used item or details of where I could buy one it would be much appreciated.I used to get Dell stuff from a guy called Rob(I think)on this NG but its been a while since I've been on here. Cheers Mick
In article , Mick says... > > Been asked if I can get hold of an optical drive for a Dell Studio 1535 > notebook(Model PP33L0.A month out of warranty its packed in.The drive in > there is a TSST corp DVD+ - RWT633A(slot load).If anyone can help either > with a new/used item or details of where I could buy one it would be much > appreciated.I used to get Dell stuff from a guy called Rob(I think)on this > NG but its been a while since I've been on here. > Cheers > Mick All optical drives are pretty much a muchness with only the screw on retention bracket and the clip on bezel being the difference. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
"Conor" wrote in message news:MPG.254257d73eb6dee9989807@news.eternal-september.org... > In article , Mick > says... >> >> Been asked if I can get hold of an optical drive for a Dell Studio 1535 >> notebook(Model PP33L0.A month out of warranty its packed in.The drive in >> there is a TSST corp DVD+ - RWT633A(slot load).If anyone can help either >> with a new/used item or details of where I could buy one it would be much >> appreciated.I used to get Dell stuff from a guy called Rob(I think)on >> this >> NG but its been a while since I've been on here. >> Cheers >> Mick > > All optical drives are pretty much a muchness with only the screw on > retention bracket and the clip on bezel being the difference. > > -- > Conor > www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk > > I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally. Going back to when I used to buy and sell insurance write-offs I had many instances of lappy bioses being unable to recognise certain brands of drive suggesting that support for only certain drives was written into the bios.Daren't risk spending the punters money on a drive that won't work.Mind you it was a while ago and maybe not an issue now?
Mick wrote: > > "Conor" wrote in message > news:MPG.254257d73eb6dee9989807@news.eternal-september.org... >> In article , Mick >> says... >>> >>> Been asked if I can get hold of an optical drive for a Dell Studio 1535 >>> notebook(Model PP33L0.A month out of warranty its packed in.The drive in >>> there is a TSST corp DVD+ - RWT633A(slot load).If anyone can help either >>> with a new/used item or details of where I could buy one it would be >>> much appreciated.I used to get Dell stuff from a guy called Rob(I >>> think)on this >>> NG but its been a while since I've been on here. >>> Cheers >>> Mick >> >> All optical drives are pretty much a muchness with only the screw on >> retention bracket and the clip on bezel being the difference. >> >> -- >> Conor >> www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk >> >> I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally. > > Going back to when I used to buy and sell insurance write-offs I had many > instances of lappy bioses being unable to recognise certain brands of > drive suggesting that support for only certain drives was written into the > bios.Daren't risk spending the punters money on a drive that won't > work.Mind you it was a while ago and maybe not an issue now? I've never heard of that one before and I've worked on a lot of different laptops in my time. The only problem I've ever had is the front bezel not fitting if you change to a different brand of drive (or different type of drive, DVD vs CD or upgrading from reader to burner, of same brand in some cases) or from drawer to slot loading. Not a problem if repairing a machine for your own use and don't mind the drive looking a bit odd but no good if repairing the machine for someone else.
