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    Area 51 m17x R1 Optical Drive issues!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by dsvtechie, Feb 2, 2012.

  1. dsvtechie

    dsvtechie Newbie

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    Hi All,

    My m17X R1 came with a TS-L632N IDE Optical Drive, it won't read discs but once in a great while on chance; I was wondering if there is an upgrade that would work or if I need to replace it with another TS-L632 (which is $80 dollars brand new :eek: )? Temporarily I have installed a drive from my old Sony GRZ 630 laptop a Model # UJDA740 drive, but that drive makes it take about 5 minutes to boot up so, that makes me wonder about anything other than original. I'm running Win 7 Home Premium. Any input would help before I spend $80 on an older IDE drive.

    Thanks in Advance!! :D

    Dan
     
    dsvtechie, Feb 2, 2012
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  2. Dezire

    Dezire Notebook Guru

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    It sounds like you may need eSata drivers installing.
     
    Dezire, Feb 2, 2012
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