Optical Media

Hello. So I would like to buy a laptop on Amazon soon but I have some questions. 1. If laptop description says - Operating System: Windows 10 - does it mean it has windows 10 already installed on it? Or should I install it myself? Also if I should install it, how can I do that? Because: 2. This...

I am planning to build an Home Theatre PC for playing the Bluray Movies stored on my computer with the DTS and Dolby Audio. Since my motherboard doesn't have the SPDIF output I am planing to buy a dedicated sound card with Optical/SPDIF out port to passthrough all my Dolby and DTS audio to the...

Hello, I have never been to this forum, so I apologize if this question has been addressed, or is simply not possible. I just bought and setup the Logitech z906 5.1 surround sound system, which is great. However, I would like to be able to simultaneously play sounds from my PC and my Xbox One...

I want to install a program from a CD to my PC, but my pc doesn't have an optical drive so i installed it on my laptop. I have the setup.exe file copied on my laptop. Can I in any way transfer the full program onto my PC? Thanks in advance for the help.

Is optical drive a must have feature these days? I am under the believe that in critical situation a laptop can be booted up from USB or external optical drive. The laptop is not for gaming but for a engineering student. First Choice is - HP ENVY 15-U493cl x360 Windows 10 Home 64...

As above, I have an Acer E 15 ES1-511-C35L and it has a disc tray on the right hand side, no button, is not in devices and printers, and no optical drive on the computer. How do I open it and use it?

Hey guys so im gonna be building a pc soon and i wanted a optical drive that can both read and write and play( as in watch) Blue-ray, DVD, CD Thank you guys for reading this and hope to you all have a great day/night!

hello i have an old iMac 2012, the thick one with the optical drive and NOT the new slim one. i want to upgrade to a new ssd or hdd but i came across a bunch of readings that if you change it, the fan noise will max out or turn at high rpms and therefore becomes noisy. i was wondering what i...

Hello, I am trying to change my RAM and apparently need to remove some screws above the optical drive. Any ideas? Are they actually some kind of clip? There is also a youtube video here. Around 2:08 shows points to the screws location, but I can't understand what it says unfortunately...

I want to install a second HDD in my laptop. It has 1 HDD and 1 Optical Drive installed. I have opened it up and it uses the 'laptop SATA' connectors to connect both the HDD and Optical Drive to the motherboard. Can I replace the optical drive with a secondary HDD safely? And if so, how do I go...

My laptop seems to not have an eject button on it's optical drive and there is no option to eject in "My Computer"

I have a laptop, Acer E5-572G-58KY, and i want a put a hdd in optical drive place.I wanna buy a hd caddy and i found one with lower price but it has a strange description." for slot loading optical drive''.It's a perfect measurement for me,9,5 mm, but a i have tray loading optical drive.It fits...

Hello I recently purchased a E5-573G-56RG latop and i love it however it doesnt come with an optical drive and i would like to add one. Im not sure what would fit or not fit though and i dont know if i need one with the right front bezel or not. Any help/optical drive suggestions would be...

Hi guys, ok all i want to do is take a airplane simulator that needs the CD in the drive to run the simulator and run the simulator on my PC that has no optical drive, i recall doing this via ISO to usb or something in that way ?

Hey guys, new here. I got a Lenovo Idepad 100-15 IBD two weeks ago and this Sunday, I noticed this low, inconstant grinding sound overlapped with another one, like CD being read in short bursts. I tried checking the optical drive and I don't think it's from that. The laptop itself works okay...

My son's 3 year old Gateway nv55s28u laptop died (hard drive failed-HDD not recognized in BIOS) The optical drive cover is broken but it otherwise worked OK. Is it worth replacing the hard drive (last back up was a long time ago so recent data is lost I suspect) or buying a new one. He uses it...

I have a legacy digital library that is programmed to read the data from a CD inserted in the optical drive. Needless to say, this is a really slow way to search and display data. It's no way to work. How can I fix this problem? I tried converting it into an ISO and mounting it, but I always...

So I decided to replace my optical drive with an SSD. I've bought the adapter, Samsung 850 EVO I'm ready to go. But now I can't open my laptop. I've removed all the screws, and as I saw in instructional videos, I tried to remove my keyboard. But it's fixed onto case and I can't pry it open. Now...

Windows 10. Lenovo Thinkpad R500. MATSHITA DVD/CDRW UJDA782 optical drive. Drive will read DVD's but not write to or burn them. Drive will not recognize two types of blank DVD's. Lenovo diagnostics says drive "is busy." Device Manager says "device is not migrated." Uninstalling and...

Hello, my apologies if this is in the wrong section, I've never needed anything out of the hardware section. I recently installed Rainmeter on my PC so that I can keep track of my system without several programs. I have an SSD for my OS and a 2TB HDD for storage, and an optical drive. The...

Before I start know three things: -We're talking about Asus Rog G750JZ -I broke the latch on motherboard that is used to jam in the keyboard ribbon -I bought the new keyboard plate and used plastic to jam the cables in and later used paper duck tape to make sure it stays in stop (Everything...

I want to replace the motherboard in my hp 15-f009wm with one that will allow for an internal optical drive. Is this possible??

I am looking to get the Schiit stack (Schiit Magni and Schiit Modi) but I see that there are 2 Modi models the Optical and the Usb (Modi 2) which one is better? I have read that there isn't really a difference in sound quality, but that optical has less feedback? I have a MSI x79A-GD45 (8D)...

I have an Acer aspire e5-573g and I'm wondering what the optical drive bay size is. The laptop originally does not have a disk drive so I have no way to find out the slot size. The acer website says absolutely nothing about the DVD bay. So should I get the 9.5 mm hard drive caddy or the 12.7 mm one?

I have a Lenovo Y500 and the tray DVD drive occasionally becomes ejected at very random times, I want to replace it with a slot-loading BD-R drive like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7BJ35N2839 Has anyone done something like that? Is it possible?

I have a samsung laptop (NP300E5Z-S01IN). Last year i encountered problems with my laptop optical disk drive and i decided to change it. I got a new drive installed but since then whenever i switch on my laptop, the screen displays the SAMSUNG logo and i see a progress bar at the bottom screen...

Hi I will be starting university shortly, and need to pick up a laptop, preferably for around £200 (or less). I only need it for essay writing, watching livestreams and video ect, no gaming or anything like that. I would prefer it to be 15''-16'', but I don't mind a great deal about hard...

hi. I have a repair shop in India and I am thinking of offering Laptop cleaning solution for my customers. Need some insight on what cleaning tools and solutions I should purchase. We can clean optical drive Outer Body Fan Apply Thermal Paste. Etc. This is like general service which we...

Hi, I am planning on buying a laptop for college that can do a bit of light gaming. I came across the HP ENVY 15-j151sa, which looks like a good deal for €650. The only problem is that it doesn't have an optical drive. Does anyone know of a similar laptop with a dedicated gpu that has a...

Hi,i'm facing a problem in installing some games using my 6.5 years optical drive,my pc is brand new except the optical drive but 7 games where installed correctly while others a window pop out saying "error transfer data"and below it"error data(cyclic redundancy check)" and in other games a...

how do i remove the optical drive in msi gt72 G-1445

Hello, I have a Asus X58 motherboard and a NAD T757 receiver. I'm using an optical cable to connect them. I have front and back speakers connected but can only get sound in the front speakers. Can someone confirm that I'm only able to get stereo output using the onboard optical output? Is there...

I bought a used Pan. toughbook with no HDD. I have a HDD for it from the other toughbook I broke. I would like to install Win7 on this but it has no optical drive. Is there a workaround other than buying an external cd drive?

Okay. so i have a very old denon avr receiver which does not have any hdmi ports. However, it does have an optical port. I have an asus sound card which has an optical port as well. I hooked it up to each other, and plugged in one of the speakers into the AVR, but cannot seem to get any sound...

where can I find the size of my optical drive. I have a HP g71 400 series laptop

I'm looking for a decent laptop around this price point. I would prefer 1080p, but I know this may not be possible, 720p is fine I do not need an optical drive or any form of touch display Preferably an i5 and room to install more RAM (or already has 8gb) Thin as possible, but not rally an...

I have a Lenovo B40-70 with DOS as Operating System.This laptop comes with optical drive So my question is can I install windows 7 in that Laptop later?

Well today I just got the toshiba satalight c50 and I was planing to enter my sims 3 cd into the side of the computer but there was not button to open it so my dad was like well it looks like it's has a optical drive but how to open it so we went on computer in the laptop and nothing so I want...

I've recently got myself an Astro A40 headset. It's running through the mix amp via optical/toslink cable. It's working great as expected. However, i've also just purchased myself a surround sound bar. This also uses an optical cable. The issue i've got is having to keep on switching the...

I received a new cyberpower fangbook iii hx6-100 direct from cyberpowerpc.com today. Everything seems to be working smoothly, except the DVD drive is stuck. It wasnt stuck at first, but the 2nd time i tried to open it, it wouldnt open. It is not completely closed, only about 1-2 mm open, but...

I want to get rid of the optical drive and install a second HDD, and I got a new HDD as well. But when I opened the laptop, the DVD drive is much larger than the HDD. And the connections on the back of the HDD are not the same as those on the back of the DVD drive. How do I make the HDD fit in...

Just got this Acer laptop yesterday, box said it came without an ODD, which I was ok with. Get it home, and see the optical drive cover on the side. I remove the single screw holding the bay in place and pull it out. It's just a plastic piece, Now then, I've seen some models that have the...

I got an HP Pavilion a few months ago. It has 750 gb of storage, 4 gb ram, 17.3 in screen, dvd/cd optical drive, and Intel graphics 4400. The graphics card, I found out a while ago, is absolute crap. I looked up the graphics memory and it says: Total graphics memory: 1792 MB. Dedicated video...

Hi guys, Having some trouble connecting my 'Toshiba SBM1W Mini 3D Sound Bar' to my PC via the optical audio connection. The soundcard in my PC is an 'Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express'. I purchased a 'XO Digital Optical Toslink Cable' alongside the sound bar from recommendations on Amazon to...

Looking for basic PC Laptop. Main use is for using MS Office - not much else. Deciding between two: HP 15-g050ca AMD A6 6310 500GB HDD 4GB RAM Optical Drive ACER Pentium N3530 1TB HDD 8GB RAM, no Optical Drive I know the A6 is a much better processor, but the Acer has double the RAM. Which...

Ive been thinking to buy Razer Tiamat 7.1 and id like know is it possible to convert audio coming from optical cable to 7.1 analog jacks? So i could use my Xbox One with that headset? So 1 optical cable coming and splitting up to four 3.5mm jacks?

I have Astro A50 headset and its mixamp has only 1 optical audio in port and id like to connect my xbox one and pc to that mixamp. Is there anyway to split that optical cable?

I am looking for a guide explaining how to replace the optical drive on the ASUS N551JK-MH71 laptop? Thank you for any help?

I recently purchased the ASUS N551JQ-DS71 and was wondering what optical drive to SSD adapter would work to fit a 2.5 inch SSD where the optical drive would normally go? link to laptop: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232346&cm_re=ASUS_N551JQ-DS71-_-34-232-346-_-Product...

I am thinking about purchasing the ASUS N551JQ-DS71 and want to convert the optical drive to hold a 2.5 inch ssd. Do I need an optical drive caddy made specifically for the ASUS N551JQ-DS71 or is there standard one I can use? Thank you for any help.

Lenovo Z50 Laptop - 59436278 - Black: Doorbuster or LENOVO Y40 - no optical drive Hybrid 500GB 5400 RPM+8GB SSHD i'm not going to be playing the best games on ultra settings.

Hi there, So I am looking for a thin laptop (optical drive is not needed) that I can take to school and to mate's houses by slipping it in my bag. I am not fussed if it is an official 'ultrabook' , I just need it to run little games like Minecraft at around 60fps, I realize that Battlefield and...

Hey all, I recently purchased this tv: http://www.costco.com/LG-47%22-Class-1080p-120Hz-Smart-LED-HDTV-47LB6100.product.100106877.html?catalogId=10701&keyword=47lb6100&langId=-1&storeId=10301&refine= My Bose speakers are RCA, I want to use the Bose speakers as the primary source of sound for my...

hello I try watch dvd in my optical drive on computer, and not can watch via normal players. Always say to install interactual player? I do and player not even work! Suggestion?

Budget under 20,000 INR. As I built heavy-weight desktop computer few days ago,I can't really afford a laptop with higher specs. For the study,I really need a lap-top ASAP. ASUS or Lenovo? One thing more,if a laptop comes without any optical drives and I wanna install a new OS later,then how...

So the title says it all. I'm looking for the cheapest laptop possible for my father to carry with him on business and can use Dragon speech recognition software on. Other then that, he would only need basic word processing and light internet browsing. The main kicker is he needs an optical...

Hello folks! Basically I have been looking for a laptop on and off for a good while now and have found very little that I am confident I will be pleased with. The main thing I am looking for is portability and affordability; while my budget is flexible, ideally i'd like to avoid spending over...

Hey picking out a laptop for my sister, looking to see what suggestions you guys have, having a hard time finding a laptop with backlit keyboard that has an optical drive still. HP envy 15t was going to be a for sure, but was told needed optical drive (don't know why). Any help you guys have...

So the title says it all. I'm looking for the cheapest laptop possible for my father to carry with him on business and can use Dragon speech recognition software on. Other then that, he would only need basic word processing and light internet browsing. The main kicker is he needs an optical...

I am a complete noob with home cinema and would greatly appreciate any help solving the problem I have got my self in. I have brought this sound bar, (LG NB5530A) as I got a really good deal. (not from amazon) http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-NB5530A-Channel-Premium-Wireless/dp/B00E0E9F5S which...