On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:26:08 -0800 (PST), DVDfever Dom
 wrote:

>On 27 Dec, 00:38, Stuart B <> wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:32:33 -0800 (PST), DVDfever Dom
>>
>>
>>
>>  wrote:
>> >On 26 Dec, 23:05, JNugent 
>> >wrote:
>> >> Anton Gÿsen wrote:
>> >> > Stuart B wrote:
>>
>> >> >> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:10:31 +0000, Anton Gÿsen
>> >> >> <an...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> >> >>> Stuart B wrote:
>>
>> >> >>>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:49:45 +0000, JNugent
>> >> >>>>  wrote:
>>
>> >> >>>>> Stuart B wrote:
>>
>> >> >>>>>> Anyone here familiar with dvd recorder faults ?.
>>
>> >> >>>>>> I have an LG  DR 7800 dvd recorder that I got from Richer Sounds in
>> >> >>>>>> Aug 2006 .Just before the 1 year warranty ran out it had been
>> >> >>>>>> exhibiting the odd glitch like failing to recognise discs,even
>> >> >>>>>> commercial ones or wanting to initialise discs other than blank ones
>> >> >>>>>> ..I meant to return it to RS while the warranty was still in force
>> >> >>>>>> but,well you know how it is ....
>>
>> >> >>>>>> Today it wouldnt recognise Tom Brown's Schooldays ,an orginal
>> >> >>>>>> commercial dvd and it also takes longer then I think it should to
>> >> >>>>>> "accept" a disc when you put them in .
>> >> >>>>>> I've contacted Rs to see what they say but could it be something
>> >> >>>>>> simple .
>>
>> >> >>>>> Probably the laser kaput.
>>
>> >> >>>>> A new PC-type DVD-ROM drive (around £30) should sort it out. Check
>> >> >>>>> it takes a standard OEM drive first.
>>
>> >> >>>> Ah!! I should have made it clear it's a standalone that goes with the
>> >> >>>> telly
>>
>> >> >>> Which probably has a standard PC DVD-/+RW drive in it.
>>
>> >> >> Do they ?..I didn't know that ..:-)
>>
>> >> > Apparently so, although I haven't seen it with my own eyes so don't
>> >> > quote me on it!
>>
>> >> I have (and I've changed one).
>>
>> >i figured that if the DVD-RW/+RW drive went in either of my two PCs,
>> >it'd be cheaper (in terms of time as it'd be a lot less hassle) to
>> >just get a USB 2.0 external equivalent and use that. Probably only
>> >cost about £30, plug it in. Job done!
>>
>> Hassle to change a dvd-rom in a PC . take the case off .unscrew
>> two/four screws ,unplug a couple of leads ...remove unit and then do
>> the same in reverse .No software to install .Job done and up and
>> running straight away .
>> 5 minutes if you don't mess around
>
>When I've opened up my main PC it all looks rather encased and there
>are screws I can't seem to get to because you can only take off one
>side of the unit, as well as something covering up the ability to get
>to the screws that I can see, so rather than faff about with all that
>and the easy option being cheap...
>
>On a previous PC, everything was a lot more accessible and you would
>have been able to do as you say in a reasonably quick time. This one's
>a Medion/Cybercom whereas the previous one in its place was from the
>ill-fated RAM Computers in Manchester.

Every PC I have had has been accessable .Recent ones even more so as
the panels come off even more easily .
I did encounter a Dell that was a pain to get in to if you didn't know
the tricks .It was like one of them bookcases  you see in films with
hidden parts you pressed and the wall opens up
Stuart

<Stuart B> wrote in message news:8426n3t2egg7n3bpitnhm7b1h1gp1ia3t3@4ax.com...

> I did encounter a Dell that was a pain to get in to if you didn't know
> the tricks .It was like one of them bookcases  you see in films with
> hidden parts you pressed and the wall opens up
> Stuart

Dell small form factor optiplexes (pizza boxes) could be a pain if you
didn't know how its done. I almost bent the motherboad on the first one
I ever bought (SH) trying to lever the lid off until I found out you first
slide it backwards for about two inches and then simply lift it off.
It was the robsutness of the motherboard under such misuse that persuaded
me to buy S/H optiplexes ever since. None have ever gone wrong, simply
become obsolete.

The cream GX towers were brilliant, built like tanks, easy to open
and could take 4HD's at a time or 3 plus a CD/DVD, with a removable swing out
compartment which would house 3 of the HD's.
The later black GX270 etc towers which open like a book don't seem quite so
robust and each HD has to be slotted in individually.

michael adams

In article , Stuart B <> says..> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:26:08 -0800 (PST), DVDfever Dom
>  wrote:
> 
> >On 27 Dec, 00:38, Stuart B <> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:32:33 -0800 (PST), DVDfever Dom
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  wrote:
> >> >On 26 Dec, 23:05, JNugent 
> >> >wrote:
> >> >> Anton G=3Fsen wrote:
> >> >> > Stuart B wrote:
> >>
> >> >> >> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:10:31 퍍, Anton G=3Fsen
> >> >> >> <an...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> >>> Stuart B wrote:
> >>
> >> >> >>>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:49:45 퍍, JNugent
> >> >> >>>>  wrote:
> >>
> >> >> >>>>> Stuart B wrote:
> >>
> >> >> >>>>>> Anyone here familiar with dvd recorder faults ?.
> >>
> >> >> >>>>>> I have an LG  DR 7800 dvd recorder that I got from Richer Sounds in
> >> >> >>>>>> Aug 2006 .Just before the 1 year warranty ran out it had been
> >> >> >>>>>> exhibiting the odd glitch like failing to recognise discs,even
> >> >> >>>>>> commercial ones or wanting to initialise discs other than blank ones
> >> >> >>>>>> ..I meant to return it to RS while the warranty was still in force
> >> >> >>>>>> but,well you know how it is ....
> >>
> >> >> >>>>>> Today it wouldnt recognise Tom Brown's Schooldays ,an orginal
> >> >> >>>>>> commercial dvd and it also takes longer then I think it should to
> >> >> >>>>>> "accept" a disc when you put them in .
> >> >> >>>>>> I've contacted Rs to see what they say but could it be something
> >> >> >>>>>> simple .
> >>
> >> >> >>>>> Probably the laser kaput.
> >>
> >> >> >>>>> A new PC-type DVD-ROM drive (around £30) should sort it out. Check
> >> >> >>>>> it takes a standard OEM drive first.
> >>
> >> >> >>>> Ah!! I should have made it clear it's a standalone that goes with the
> >> >> >>>> telly
> >>
> >> >> >>> Which probably has a standard PC DVD-/ drive in it.
> >>
> >> >> >> Do they ?..I didn't know that ..:-)
> >>
> >> >> > Apparently so, although I haven't seen it with my own eyes so don't
> >> >> > quote me on it!
> >>
> >> >> I have (and I've changed one).
> >>
> >> >i figured that if the DVD-RW/ drive went in either of my two PCs,
> >> >it'd be cheaper (in terms of time as it'd be a lot less hassle) to
> >> >just get a USB 2.0 external equivalent and use that. Probably only
> >> >cost about £30, plug it in. Job done!
> >>
> >> Hassle to change a dvd-rom in a PC . take the case off .unscrew
> >> two/four screws ,unplug a couple of leads ...remove unit and then do
> >> the same in reverse .No software to install .Job done and up and
> >> running straight away .
> >> 5 minutes if you don't mess around
> >
> >When I've opened up my main PC it all looks rather encased and there
> >are screws I can't seem to get to because you can only take off one
> >side of the unit, as well as something covering up the ability to get
> >to the screws that I can see, so rather than faff about with all that
> >and the easy option being cheap...
> >
> >On a previous PC, everything was a lot more accessible and you would
> >have been able to do as you say in a reasonably quick time. This one's
> >a Medion/Cybercom whereas the previous one in its place was from the
> >ill-fated RAM Computers in Manchester.
> 
> Every PC I have had has been accessable .Recent ones even more so as
> the panels come off even more easily .
> I did encounter a Dell that was a pain to get in to if you didn't know
> the tricks .It was like one of them bookcases  you see in films with
> hidden parts you pressed and the wall opens up

Had the price difference between an internal DVD-RW/ and an external been 
as much as they used to be with CD drives many moons ago, I'd look into the 
hassle of faffing about and taking the inside apart, but since a USB2.0 option 
would be the easiest way to go, that's what I'd do in this case.
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