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$80 DELL DVD+RW Drive for 9100/XPS

post #1 of 5
5/12/06 at 2:49pm
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I was looking at the DELL parts site and noticed that there is a DVD+RW drive for $80 bucks for the 9100/XPS. The only thing is the drive in the picture does not look like it will fit a 9100/XPS. What do you think? Maybe they just posted the wrong picture.

Heres a link.
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post #2 of 5
5/12/06 at 10:10pm
There's a dummy bezel on it. You probably have to swap it.
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post #3 of 5
5/13/06 at 9:00am
You should know that that drive will not burn DVD-R and DVD-RW discs

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Write: DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW;

Read: CD-DA, CD-Extra, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, Video CD, CD Text, DVD-ROM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-Audio
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post #4 of 5
5/15/06 at 10:28pm
Was there a firmware hack to enable DVD-R support?
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post #5 of 5
5/20/06 at 10:53pm
That is the drive I yanked from my XPS Gen 1 to install this ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827152069 ) drive.

The silver bezel doesn't fit so the NEC's black face shows. The silver eject/lock mechanism does fit. It is supposed to be an 8x +- DVD burner but it actually burns closer to 4 or 5x maximum. I bet the Pioneer drive will fit as well.
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