How to remover/replace CD-reader in a Toshiba SP 4600?

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I am about to buy a DVD reader for mij Toshiba Satelite Pro 4600.
At this moment it contains a CD-reader.
Does anybody know how to remove the CD-player?

Marcel

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Hm...sounds horrible indeed...

And why do you advise a writer; i only need a reader. Or a the readers not
as good readers as the writers?

Marcel




"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> schreef in bericht
news:411A8957.9090906@neo.rr.com...
> First, if you are going to replace the drive, get a combination DVD/CD
> burner (reads DVDs, reads and burns CDs), not just a DVD-ROM drive.
>
> The "official" procedure is pretty horrible, you split the case open,
> separating the LCD from the base, it's major disassembly, lots of work.
> But it MIGHT be possible to remove all of the necessary screws and
> slide the unit out simply by removing the keyboard. Can't be sure, have
> not worked on one of those models.
>
>
> Margriet Zandbergen wrote:
>
> > I am about to buy a DVD reader for mij Toshiba Satelite Pro 4600.
> > At this moment it contains a CD-reader.
> > Does anybody know how to remove the CD-player?
> >
> > Marcel
> >
> >
>

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

If you are going to be replacing the drive anyway, the cost DIFFERENCE
between a reader only and a combo drive won't be that great, it will
dramatically increase the value of the laptop, and you never know when,
your current needs not withstanding, you yourself will need that
capability. Remember, modern PCs -- both laptops and desktops -- don't
have floppy drives. If you need to make a boot disk, it needs to be a
CD (I realize that the 4600, an older laptop, does have a floppy, but
sometimes you use one PC as a tool when working on another).

Also, you should read the posts about the "IDE #1 Error" (the thread is
titles "Replaced DVD-ROM for combo" ), you stand a very good chance of
running into that problem as well (the problem has nothing to do with
being a combo drive, but rather the master/slave configuration that
Toshiba expects, vs. the fact that most drives are setup for cable select).




Margriet Zandbergen wrote:
> Hm...sounds horrible indeed...
>
> And why do you advise a writer; i only need a reader. Or a the readers not
> as good readers as the writers?
>
> Marcel
>
>
>
>
> "Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> schreef in bericht
> news:411A8957.9090906@neo.rr.com...
>
>>First, if you are going to replace the drive, get a combination DVD/CD
>>burner (reads DVDs, reads and burns CDs), not just a DVD-ROM drive.
>>
>>The "official" procedure is pretty horrible, you split the case open,
>>separating the LCD from the base, it's major disassembly, lots of work.
>> But it MIGHT be possible to remove all of the necessary screws and
>>slide the unit out simply by removing the keyboard. Can't be sure, have
>>not worked on one of those models.
>>
>>
>>Margriet Zandbergen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I am about to buy a DVD reader for mij Toshiba Satelite Pro 4600.
>>>At this moment it contains a CD-reader.
>>>Does anybody know how to remove the CD-player?
>>>
>>>Marcel
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>