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Replacing laptop optical drive (DVD, blu-ray) - what do I need to know?
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Are laptop optical drives always compatible? Do they come in different physical sizes? Are there any specs I need to match on the new drive, such as whether it has SATA? If so, how would I find these specs for my dell? (the details don't seem to be in the users manual or service manual) Background:…
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as far as i've seen, laptops still seem to use the old ATAPI interface which is pata based, and from the images of a supposedly compatable drive on amazon (TS-L632) it looks identical to the standard pata drives on my thinkpads - i can easily pop th…
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