Removing DVD drive from laptop

Blackstar · 08-10-2008, 15:38

I need to remove the dvd drive (which hasn't worked in about a year and a half) from my laptop (Acer Aspire 1360) and i've failed at the internet trying to find how you do it. I think it'll be a simple catch or screw but can see nothing.
Help

leowyatt · 08-10-2008, 15:42

what you might need to do is remove the HD as with some there is a screw undereath that holding the optical drive in.

EDIT: There might be 2 scews on the bottom of the case holding it in too.

Burble · 08-10-2008, 15:47

Removing optical drives can vary from just pushing a button the acts on a mechanism and pushes the drive out of the laptop (like my Dell D830) to having to take the laptop to pieces to undo internal screws.

leowyatt · 08-10-2008, 15:52

Right looking at the manual for that laptop if there is a screw holding it in it will be under the compartment that isn't labelled memory

LeperousDust · 08-10-2008, 15:53

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Originally Posted by Burble

Removing optical drives can vary from just pushing a button the acts on a mechanism and pushes the drive out of the laptop (like my Dell D830) to having to take the laptop to pieces to undo internal screws.

I was about to post the same thing, it really depends so unless someone owns your laptop (or you come bring it round to me...) it's hard to do over t'internet.

leowyatt · 08-10-2008, 15:56

Well done Lozza, was about to say I have a service guide here

Belmit · 08-10-2008, 16:04

Most of the ones I've tried just slide in and out, but are secured by a single screw... somewhere. The fun is finding it!

leowyatt · 08-10-2008, 16:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lozza

Just a shame i can't find the one for my travelmate 230!

what do you need to do?

Blackstar · 09-10-2008, 23:45

Done, it was just a single screw i came back from work and dad had done it all but now everything has now been made legal and fixed i have to reinstall everything and have lost all my passwords and bookmarks. Wonderful

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AboveTheSalt · 10-10-2008, 09:14

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Originally Posted by Lozza

- - - give it all a good clean as it overheats a lot - - -

I was given a "broken" laptop a while ago; it wouldn't start.

I used a powerful domestic vacuum cleaner to suck a load of filth out of the CPU cooling fan air intake and all of a sudden the laptop started working. It only had 256MB RAM and a small disk so I maxed out the RAM and fitted a new, larger HDD and I now have a perfectly usable laptop - RESULT!

08-10-2008, 15:38	#1
Blackstar Ambassador of Awesome Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edinburger Posts: 3,676	Removing DVD drive from laptop I need to remove the dvd drive (which hasn't worked in about a year and a half) from my laptop (Acer Aspire 1360) and i've failed at the internet trying to find how you do it. I think it'll be a simple catch or screw but can see nothing. Help __________________ Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen

08-10-2008, 15:42	#2
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	what you might need to do is remove the HD as with some there is a screw undereath that holding the optical drive in. EDIT: There might be 2 scews on the bottom of the case holding it in too. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

08-10-2008, 15:52	#4
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Right looking at the manual for that laptop if there is a screw holding it in it will be under the compartment that isn't labelled memory __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

08-10-2008, 15:56	#6
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Well done Lozza, was about to say I have a service guide here __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

08-10-2008, 16:04	#7
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	Most of the ones I've tried just slide in and out, but are secured by a single screw... somewhere. The fun is finding it! __________________

08-10-2008, 15:47	#3
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Removing optical drives can vary from just pushing a button the acts on a mechanism and pushes the drive out of the laptop (like my Dell D830) to having to take the laptop to pieces to undo internal screws.

09-10-2008, 23:45	#9
Blackstar Ambassador of Awesome Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edinburger Posts: 3,676	Done, it was just a single screw i came back from work and dad had done it all but now everything has now been made legal and fixed i have to reinstall everything and have lost all my passwords and bookmarks. Wonderful . __________________ Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen