DW-ISD081 8x DVD+R / 4x DVD+RW, 8X DVD-R / 4X DVD-RW DVDRW Drive, 2.4X Dual Layer Fastest UNIVERSAL Internal Notebook DVD Burner fit Most HP, Sony, E-machine, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba, Acer, Asus, SysteMax Laptops

Discount Price: $39.99

Features:

• Deattachable face, you can always use your old drive's face with it
• Please measure your old drive to confirm if it is univeral laptop internal drive like this. Some MFG may purposely design some of their own stardards.
• Please compare with the measurement provided on the product pictures

Customer Reviews:

works perfectly [Posted on 2007-08-21]
Works perfectly with my gateway nx560xl. (Although I'll never buy another gateway product... but that's another story!) Using it with Nero. No problems/complaints to date.

Laptop Optical Drive [Posted on 2007-12-01]
Difficult to find for my Toshiba satellite l35 s1054 and it fits and is compatible with XP and I believe Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon. Seems a little flimsy and the face is cheap so i just replaced it. Other than that performs magnificent for a slim drive and gets the job done for burning iso files to dvdr.

FIRMWARE [Posted on 2007-12-22]
Please bear in mind that the firmware for this device is not easy to find and vendor takes time to email back. Still on the fight...

Low Cost Laptop Optical Drive Replacement [Posted on 2008-09-12]
When the optical drive in my Compaq laptop failed, I looked around for a replacement. None of the computer stores in my area carry laptop drives. The official HP replacement costs way too much so I checked Amazon and found the DW-ISD081 at one third the HP price. I measured my existing drive and it was an exact match, so I ordered the DW-ISD081 which came in five days. It came loose in plastic wrap within a cardboard shipping box with no documentation. One of the faceplate tabs was broken, but I replaced the faceplate with the one from my original drive so it would match my computer. I had to remove the mounting bracket from my old drive and attach it to the new drive. It was easy to slide in the new drive and screw it in place. When I turned on my computer, the new drive was immediately recognized. Even though the construction of the DW-ISD081is more flimsy than my original drive, it works fine. I now have the ability to burn DVDs which I didn't have before for a lot less money than HP would charge for only a CD burner.

No firmware for Toshiba 1415-S173 [Posted on 2008-09-13]
Installed it but Toshiba 1415-S173 did not recognize it (IDE #1 Error). Through web site, Toshiba laptop required either firmware or 45 & 47 pin connection for changing master/slave cable. I requested the firmware to seller but I did not get any response yet...

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