vostro 1500 dvd drive broken ??

hi, (german)
i made a wrong step on my opened dvd drive, was bend ~ 30 degrees. sound: typical breaking plastic.
if i were a n00b i would just slide it in and stay calmed. but i know how complex computers are and don't want to loose my data (again) or have my house burned because of a shortcut or so.
btw shaking the laptop even with the drive removed sounds like there is a loosy jumper or something, is that normal?
dell 32bit diagnostics tells no errors.
btw i opened the drive, was looking good. here a picture ^-^



i dont have money to send the laptop to dell but i would like to know if (software based) diagnostics are a safe proof for everythings working fine ??

thanks

 

Not necessarily. But they will however indicate if it can still be read/opened/closed. Thats it though.

Are you out of warranty yet? Hast du keine Garantie mehr?

 

you mean, that when the diagnostic program says everythings ok, it may not be true??? how else shall i ensure that my computer is working?

my dell account page says i have no warranty anymore, why?
still seems to work... 32 bit diagnostics say that its ok too ..

 

If the diagnostics says it's working and you can read/burn optical devices, I'd say you shouldn't worry about it. If it decides to go bad in a couple weeks or months, you can probably pick up a cheap new drive and replace it on your own. Your Dell account page probably says that you don't have warranty anymore... because you don't have warranty anymore. It should only be a year's worth of standard warranty on a Vostro 1500?