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Dell Inspiron 5100 DVD Burner Compatibility

post #1 of 2
10/22/07 at 12:17pm
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Hello,

It seems this is a unique drive but I am not sure if it is just the drawer face and mounting accessories or is this really a unique drive? The DVDROM/CD Burner combo drive is a Samsung SN324. Any idea what DVD burner drives will work? Will they accept the swap of the faceplate and other hardware. This laptop is not worth investing $100.00 for the plug and play solution when modern drives are going for half that price.

Tom
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post #2 of 2
10/26/07 at 2:41am
Swapping the faceplate is going to be a gamble because alot of times manufacturers won't use the same faceplate on all their drives. I bought a 24X CD-ROM for my D820 on eBay and bought a Samsung DVD-RW drive, since the CD-ROM was a Samsung I thought the faceplate would fit the DVD-RW....nope. The faceplate didn't fit AT ALL.
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