Optical Media

This optical drives serves as a wireless access point, cloud storage, and a means for streaming your favorite DVDs and CDs directly to a smartphone or tablet. Samsung Intros Wi-Fi Optical Drive for Streaming, Writing : Read more

I have an HP dv9000 series laptop. Initially it developed three problems; it quit recognizing the optical drive, the speakers quit working and the battery when installed would charge for about 30 seconds and then the icon would show a red X on it and it would not charge anymore. If you would...

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Hi there, so the new macbook pro is out! Pretty neat update, and the price stays the same. A bit overpriced as always though! I've been wanting to get myself a new laptop for a while, but there's mainly 1 thing that makes me wait right now. I've heard quite a few times now, that the next...

Hey my Dell Vostro 1510 Slot Optical Drive doesnt recognize DVDs and CDs. Tried deleting my Upper and Lower filters in the registry but that didn't work. i work in a dusty enviroment and was wondering whether that could be the cause and if it is the cause what can i do to clean the lens in the...

Hello, I recieved a Acer laptop as a gift it has optical drive and says all dvds and discs will play butthe hole in disc I have been using are too small to go on the spindle in new computer. why is this?

Hello, Okay so when I turn my laptop on it stucks on the boot screen. I tried present F8, F2, F10 nothing works nothing happens. Then I removed my laptops hdd and bam it starts to boot up from my optical drive F2, F10 works without mu hdd. Moreover I tried changing the bootup sequence so that...

Wii U to use Blu-ray-like optical storage media. Wii U to Use 25GB Discs (But Not Called Blu-ray) : Read more

The upcoming Spring Update for Microsoft's Xbox 360 may render the optical drive useless, forcing the company to distribute new consoles at no cost to upgrade victims. Free Xbox 360 if Mandatory Update Trashes Old Unit? : Read more

Hey all, As the title says, I just purchased an Asus G73SW. It comes with a Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW optical drive. Are laptops optical drives something that can be replaced? As in, can I replace it without having to do major surgery? I've replaced LCD screens on my cell phone and another...

Are there any laptops with SSD-drives <1000£? Preferably 13" laptop. If not, is there alot of work putting on in myself? i won't be buying a laptop with optical drive, does that complicate things when adding a SSD? Kind regards Softsolid

Hello all i am looking to get my wife a christmas present this year...and i really dont know which laptop to get...all she wants to do with it is surf the web(mostly facebook), and typing documents and stuff so i really dont need anything fancy..she is going to use it for college so will need to...

I bought a used Acer Travelmate 2301LMi with no optical drive. I want to buy one from ebay but the user's manual has about 6 models of optical drives and I don't know which one (or all of them) is compatible with my laptop. The user's manual is not only for travelmate 2300 series but also for...

Hi I am looking for a new laptop. Out of the following two Vaio configurations, what do you think is better? Vaio E VPCEC2X5E Processor: Intel® CoreTM i5-520M, 2.40GHz Operating system: Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium Finishes: Black Hard drive: 500 GB Serial ATA (7200 rpm) Memory: 6 GB...

Hello everybody, I tried to install a firmware upgrade for my Dell Studio Laptop 1535's CD/DVD drive and it failed. I followed the instructions carefully and restarted the laptop when I had to. However, when it rebooted, it wanted to search for the software but couldn't find it in the end. This...

I have an HP Pavilion dv5-1017nr Entertainment Notebook PC and the Blu-ray Disc (BD) Super-Multi Double Layer optical drive (HP part # 486525-001) does not work properly. Is this Blu-Ray Player "Internal Hot Swappable" with a Super-Multi Double Layer optical drive (non blu-ray)? If so, what...

Hi All, I'm wanting a small laptop (ideally 13.3" or similar size display) but with an optical drive. LED is nice, but not needed unless standard. The DELL XPS 13 series laptops are ideal, but come with a hefty price tag. This should give you an idea of what i'm after. I currently own both an...