Acer CD/DVD rewrite burner

egaviero

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I have a laptop Acer Aspire 5253 and from the begining the cd/dvd hardware does not appear in the window My Computer. Besidesit doesnt play anithing. Thinking to replace but a guy from Tigerdirect says has to be the same model or will not work. Help Please. Thanks
 

SchizTech

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It does not need to be the exact same model: I've replaced DVD drives on laptops and haven't run into that sort of compatibility issue. Just make sure to match up the interface type (IDE or SATA) and swap the face-plate from the original Acer laptop to the new one.
 

egaviero

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Thanks my friend. I suspected that, but wasnt sure. Then, the system is suposed to recognize it, and display it in My Computer, does it?