replacing Optical Drive on laptops?

[rimmerchant]

Just wondering. are optical drives on laptops the same standard size?

I know the exterior may be shaped aittle bit different but is it just a matter of getting a regular laptop optical drive and unscrewing any plastic casing and putting it in your new drive and slip back it back into the laptop?

I don't want to pay the company 2x the price for the same drive if I can get one off newegg.com

I hae a dell 700M and want to replace the dvd/cdrw with a DVD-+rw

[Nemesys]

For the most part notebook burners are standard. However there are a few oddballs.

This should suit your needs.

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152028


Choices are avalable.

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Property&SubCategory=5&PropertyCodeValue=365:8673

[joeshmofro]

does anybody know of a good place to get a slot loading dvd-r drive?

[Ravidhu]

Originally posted by joeshmofro
does anybody know of a good place to get a slot loading dvd-r drive?

wow now THAT would be cool :D

i never thought of it ... but still it should be availabe - ebay for an instance