Optical Media

I have the Macbook Pro 13-inch mid 2012 (Non-Retina) which was manufactured in February-2015. I use only one OS which is the Windows 10 Pro. I already have a SSD in place of the main hdd and now I was thinking to remove the optical bay and put a Samsung 860 Evo (500 GB) in it’s place. Apple said...

I am installing an 9.5 mm sdd caddy in the optical drive bay on my Inspiron 15-3567. Does anyone have any idea where I could obtain the piece of plastic molding that would attach to the caddy so the drive bay would look integral to the machine? Dell cannot even tell me where to get it.

Looking for an audio notebook. It should be compact, with an optical drive and a lighted keyboard. Any suggestions?

I have this Asus notebook laptop model X541NA, OS Windows 10 home 64 bit. I am locked out. I can't remember the Windows password. I have a self booting prog that works on XP to Win 10. This prog will bypass the Windows password so the password can be reset or removed. My problem is in the Bios...

I can't remove my optical disk drive from my Dell I14 5458-b40. I have removed the screw that keeps it in place but it simply wont go out. What should I do?

This is on an Asus model X541N laptop. The optical drive died and when I opened the laptop to look at the optical drive. I was just a bit careless with the keyboard ribbon cable and tore the cable. I found a new keyboard minues the top cover for around $13. on eBay I also found on eBay the top...

I'm looking to buy a new laptop in the $400-600 price range with an optical drive

Hello! I've a glorious craptop that a certain person is trying to get me to fix. This craptop has a broken keyboard, takes 5 minutes to boot windows XP home 32 bit and is unable to connect to any wi-fi. So I thought, why not install one of those super lightweight OS-es? Like, Xubuntu or...

I have installed a SSD into my laptop and move my existing hard drive into the optical drive's place. But after that my hard drive making clicking noise if I give restart. If I shutdown my laptop there won't be any noise. This noise is happen in restart, force shut down (long press power...

Hi I have the LG UJ6300 49' TV and it has a fiber optic (TOSLINK) output for audio, i bought a TOSLINK to 3.5mm jack to connect my TV to my Speaker which is Logitech z506 5.1 surround. the cable came today and i was so excited, but when i plugged it in, it didnt work. i was disappointed, any...

I have 10 Dell E6430 laptops and each and every one of them the optical drive stops working when i load defaults in the BIOS. To try get the optical drive working I have: 1. Updated BIOS to the latest. 2. Loaded all drivers using dell assist program. 3. Uninstaling and reinstalling optical...

have a headset for gaming that only accepts optical as a source, but my motherboard doesn't have an optical out port. any recommendations? new to this. mainly use the pc for gaming and general use.

Hi, I Just got my new 4k OLED tv and I have a few issues with my setup. I have my pc plugged on my home theatre (harman kardon bds 685) and then plugged into my tv. Now it doesn't work anymore because my home theatre bottlenecks the video resolution to full hd even tho i set it to 4k. So i...

after installing new ssd in and moving the hdd to the optical drive caddy. my laptop is not completing the boot into windows cycle, it just shuts down abruptly... any help will be appreciated..

How can I find the part number for the optical drive for my Toshiba L745-s4210 Part No PSK0YU-01V00E Serial No 7B233745W ?

Advancements in technology and improved lithography have paved the way towards powerful components on a smaller die package. This eventually gave birth to slimmer, lower profile laptops. Although providing a solution, it’s brought up challenges and compromises along the way. Do you have a laptop...

It's an old Compaq 1245. I want to restore it just for fun. I've replaced the CMOS battery, cleaned it and reinstalled WinME (will swtich to 98SE later). But this is driving me crazy. Whenever I power the laptop on, the cd drivers opens automatically. There doesn't seem to be any other...

Hi,what is the caddy size for my laptop?i can't measure it(i am bad at it and i can't remove the thing where the optical drive is because moving a screw=bye warranty) and can't find out a site where it specifies

Laptop won’t boot - optical drive is making a clicking noise every second - can’t get to bios or see anything on screen. Tried removing optical drive but machine won’t start (but no clicking noise) and still can’t get to bios or anything. Machine is Asus x550c running Windows 10. Any suggestions?

Hello, I bought acer m6620g pc a mounth ago Past 2 weeks some buzzing noise is coming between my hdd and optical drive Buzzing stops onily if i press it on side or on the spot from where is buzzing coming When i open pc onily what is between hdd and optical drvie is small cabel conected to...