topic s5xp dvd drives in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/s5xp-dvd-drives/m-p/124385#M60417 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all<BR /><BR />the drive on my s5xp is slowly kicking the bucket.<BR /><BR />It will not burn any dvd.s and strangely it will now burn brands of cdr that it would not previously but wont burn brands that it used to.<BR /><BR />After doing a factory restore i decided to pop down to tottenham court road to buy a new drive. I wanted something that would burn dvd-ram and ended up with the toshiba samsung sn-S082.<BR /><BR />The salesman told me that i just needed to take the guts out of the new drive and drop them into the old drive casing.<BR /><BR />This i attempted to do when i got home but could see now way of proceeding. One has circuitry attached to the casing whereas the other doesn't, thus square peg/ round hole.<BR /><BR />I am starting to conclude that the salesman and egineer in the store have sold me a porker. Rather than return the unit i am happy to put it in a spare laptop but would like recommendations for alternative dvd-ram drives to fit into my s5xp. <BR /><BR />Incidentally, ignoring the problem of the curved front bezel thingy on the tray the new drive is about 4mm taller than the old one and the fixing points are different.<BR /><BR />thanks in advance<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:56:39 GMT daryl_mushtaq 2008-06-19T14:56:39Z s5xp dvd drives https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/s5xp-dvd-drives/m-p/124385#M60417 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all<BR /><BR />the drive on my s5xp is slowly kicking the bucket.<BR /><BR />It will not burn any dvd.s and strangely it will now burn brands of cdr that it would not previously but wont burn brands that it used to.<BR /><BR />After doing a factory restore i decided to pop down to tottenham court road to buy a new drive. I wanted something that would burn dvd-ram and ended up with the toshiba samsung sn-S082.<BR /><BR />The salesman told me that i just needed to take the guts out of the new drive and drop them into the old drive casing.<BR /><BR />This i attempted to do when i got home but could see now way of proceeding. One has circuitry attached to the casing whereas the other doesn't, thus square peg/ round hole.<BR /><BR />I am starting to conclude that the salesman and egineer in the store have sold me a porker. Rather than return the unit i am happy to put it in a spare laptop but would like recommendations for alternative dvd-ram drives to fit into my s5xp. <BR /><BR />Incidentally, ignoring the problem of the curved front bezel thingy on the tray the new drive is about 4mm taller than the old one and the fixing points are different.<BR /><BR />thanks in advance<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:56:39 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/s5xp-dvd-drives/m-p/124385#M60417 daryl_mushtaq 2008-06-19T14:56:39Z