topic upgrading internal vaio dvd-drive in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-internal-vaio-dvd-drive/m-p/56184#M101970 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hello everybody!<BR /><BR />i own a sony vaio PCG-FR285E notebook and i would like to replace my old internal optical drive (QSI SBW-241) with a new one that allows me to burn dvds as well.<BR /><BR />these are the questions i have...<BR /><BR />1. is it really difficult to get a new internal drive installed? from what i´ve read on the manufacturer´s websites it seems really easy, but that´s of course their story...has anyone ever done this? did it work?<BR /><BR />2. do i have to worry about compatibility issues when upgrading my drive? would the sony DW-Q58A drive work, for example? couldn´t find any info on this drive on sony´s website nor did it say anything about this on the website of my vaio model.<BR /><BR />thank all of you sincerely for helping me out on this, i appreciate it<BR /><BR />martin<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:10:10 GMT schweinsi 2005-12-11T09:10:10Z upgrading internal vaio dvd-drive https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-internal-vaio-dvd-drive/m-p/56184#M101970 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hello everybody!<BR /><BR />i own a sony vaio PCG-FR285E notebook and i would like to replace my old internal optical drive (QSI SBW-241) with a new one that allows me to burn dvds as well.<BR /><BR />these are the questions i have...<BR /><BR />1. is it really difficult to get a new internal drive installed? from what i´ve read on the manufacturer´s websites it seems really easy, but that´s of course their story...has anyone ever done this? did it work?<BR /><BR />2. do i have to worry about compatibility issues when upgrading my drive? would the sony DW-Q58A drive work, for example? couldn´t find any info on this drive on sony´s website nor did it say anything about this on the website of my vaio model.<BR /><BR />thank all of you sincerely for helping me out on this, i appreciate it<BR /><BR />martin<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:10:10 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-internal-vaio-dvd-drive/m-p/56184#M101970 schweinsi 2005-12-11T09:10:10Z