Upgrading My DVD-Burner

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seeburt

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I have a Gateway GM 5478 quad-core. My DVD-burner has taken a dump and the original one, an LG GSA 4167B, is no longer being made and I have been unable to find it online (new). I wanted to know if I can put any DVD-RAM in there and just make sure it's set up the same?
 
wolfeking

wolfeking

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DVD drives are not model dependent on desktops. Just make sure what kind you have (IDE or SATA) and grab any DVD-RW drive to go back in there.
 
MMM

MMM

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Not quite true, some brand name computers will not accept generic brands...
Trial & error at times.
 
johnb35

johnb35

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Unless you have a certain model of emachines that require a special front bezel on the drive then there shouldn't be any issues with using a generic DVD Rom drive on any system.
Even then it would still work without the special bezel, it just wouldn't be even with the front of the case.
 
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MMM

MMM

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johnb35 said:
Unless you have a certain model of emachines that require a special front bezel on the drive then there shouldn't be any issues with using a generic DVD Rom drive on any system.
Even then it would still work without the special bezel, it just wouldn't be even with the front of the case.
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Why I made the last statement is that I came across a couple dell computers where the bios would not recognise some unless I upgraded the bios...
These days you would imagine all DVD's should be ok but then again!!!
 
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seeburt

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Let me see if I can get one more question in on my thread:

My original optical had a E-IDE/ATAP interface: most interfaces are SATA. What would be my options/concerns?
 
StrangleHold

StrangleHold

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As far as I can tell it has 5 SATA ports. No point in buying a IDE DVD ROM drive when you can get a SATA DVD burner for the same price.
 
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