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Replacement DVD drive for 9880?

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2/14/08 at 1:38pm
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My beloved 9880 has started having DVD read issues. It has recently lost the ability to read the DVD discs that it burns. It can burn and successfully verify both DVD +/-R media and CD-R media. It cannot, however, read the DVD media that it writes and verifies. I get "Windows cannot read from this disc..." errors. Other machines have no problem reading the discs. CD-R still writes and reads correctly.

One clue: It began several weeks ago to make a buzzing/rattling noise when attempting to eject or load new discs.

The failing drive is a Toshiba R6572M TU05. Is there a recommended replacement drive? I'm having difficulty finding an exact match and don't want to risk incompatibility.

Thanks!

-WM
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post #2 of 7
2/14/08 at 2:06pm
DVD Drive

Hope this helps
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post #3 of 7
2/15/08 at 4:09pm
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Originally Posted by morph3715 View Post
DVD Drive

Hope this helps
Most excellent. Thank you.

Speaking of beggers being choosers , as long as I'm going to be doing surgery, is there a real need to replace the drive with exactly the same model? Does anyone have experience using a better/faster/cheaper device?

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post #4 of 7
2/16/08 at 7:25am
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Is there a real need to replace the drive with exactly the same model?
No.

The 9860 was available with several drive options, mine uses an NEC slim line drive, but I imagine any slim line CD/DVD drive would work.
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post #5 of 7
4/3/09 at 9:53pm
how do you replace it?
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post #6 of 7
8/24/09 at 4:03am
Here's another place to try:

http://www.ultradrives.com/

I used them a few years ago...very knowledgeable. If I recall correctly, the drive had to be set-up a certain way, which was not user-configureable...so you had to know which configuration you needed. They made sure I got the right drive.
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post #7 of 7
8/24/09 at 8:57am
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Originally Posted by Zdroj View Post
Here's another place to try:

http://www.ultradrives.com/

I used them a few years ago...very knowledgeable. If I recall correctly, the drive had to be set-up a certain way, which was not user-configureable...so you had to know which configuration you needed. They made sure I got the right drive.
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