I have an HP Omnibook xe2 laptop with a damaged cd-rom drive(drive number CD-224e). I have a working CD-ROM drive for a Thinkpad laptop(drive number CRD-S372). Would this drive be a suitable replacement as it appears to have the same connectors and is the same size or would it be incompatible?
2007-03-03 09:06:19 · 3 answers · asked by Mark D 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
it probably will fit but i would try and get hold of the same one you could always look in micro mart UK mag they have second hand parts for sale you could sell the other one in micro mart the only thing is you will have to keep looking or you can advertise for one in the magazine
2007-03-07 08:39:57 · answer #1 · answered by top cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some laptop drives are compatible especially from older ones when there weren't many manufacturers. You may need to change the bazel (i.e the plastic front cover) and swap some external plastic parts but the connectors are the most important part. If the outside of the drives look identical, just insert your working drive in the laptop and see if it works. Don't try to make it fit forcefully.
2007-03-03 18:11:19 · answer #2 · answered by spacemann_spiffff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Laptop cd drives are pretty much the same size the only worry you have is 1, the connector on the back,2 the front bezel apart from that should be ok
2007-03-03 18:10:37 · answer #3 · answered by andrew121_23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋