Adding DVD drive to my PC, Q?

[M7CUO_V6]

I have a Dell Demension 3100 PC.

I want to start doing some gaming, but when i bought it i didnt bother with the DVD drive option.

Ive seen a dvd drive on the Dell website for about £60,
http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&sku=429-11782

Are they easy to fit, is it just a case of pluging it in then installing the new hardware?

Any help appreciated as im not really computer minded, Cheers

 

[Gareth]

dell's are very easy, the main case usually opens very easily and the drives just slide in and out, you'll need to make sure the jumper on the back of the drive is set to 'cs' (cable-select) and attach it to a spare inferace connection and power lead, once that's done the OS will just detect it and it will automatically be ready for use.

 

[vavazoom]

yer old on clips out should do!disconect the leads from the back!shouldnt be more than 2 in it!depends if u have another drive in there!?cause then u start getting in master and slave b****cks!just buy it!lol and if u get any trouble come on here lol!

 

[Evil Ally]

Just a straight swap for the drive you have, I personally wouldn't bother having 2 drives in my system.

I wouldn't pay £62 for a Dell specific one, just get a standard recorder for £25-£30.

 

[M7CUO_V6]

Cheers guy!

I have a cd drive, and theres a blank space under it where the dvd drive must go.

I'll just have to give it a bash.

 

[M7CUO_V6]

Just a straight swap for the drive you have, I personally wouldn't bother having 2 drives in my system.

I wouldn't pay £62 for a Dell specific one, just get a standard recorder for £25-£30.

You mean get rid of the cd and replace with dvd drive?

Where can i get one that would be compatible?

 

[DrR]

Do you just want a drive that reads DVD's or writes them to?

 

[Final Maxim]

dvd drive for 60 quid? madness. look on ebuyer.com

 

[wozzaa]

Just a straight swap for the drive you have, I personally wouldn't bother having 2 drives in my system.

I wouldn't pay £62 for a Dell specific one, just get a standard recorder for £25-£30.

You mean get rid of the cd and replace with dvd drive?

Where can i get one that would be compatible?

Any dvd drive / writer will be compatible. You can also pick up dvd writers for under £20 from comp shops.

 

[stuartp44]

yeh m8 dell are steap, if you are looking for a good supplier ebuyer.com is a def just like fm-ava-969 says but in regards to fitting it you need to slide the old one out using the green sliders and the un screew the 4 screews and then put the new on in its play screew it back up and connect it just like the other was. Need any help give us a shout

Stuart

 

[Evil Ally]

Just a straight swap for the drive you have, I personally wouldn't bother having 2 drives in my system.

I wouldn't pay £62 for a Dell specific one, just get a standard recorder for £25-£30.

You mean get rid of the cd and replace with dvd drive?

Where can i get one that would be compatible?

Well it personal choice really, personally I don't see any compelling reason to have 2 drives when 1 will do everything.

Just about any standard drive will work. Ebuyer/dabs etc, I also like SVP

http://svp.co.uk/products-list.php?cid=86&PHPSESSID=617b52319774cc841b78e0894a0f5755

I usually go for NEC or Pioneer stuff. Just make sure you get one in black to match the case

 

[wozzaa]

www.scan.co.uk are a good company to deal with as well. The one place i always use and www.microdirect.co.uk

One is usually cheaper than the other for certain things.

And benefits of having 2 drives...copying cd's can just copy drive to drive much easier.

 

[M7CUO_V6]

Do you just want a drive that reads DVD's or writes them to?

No not bothered about writing them, just want to get gaming

If i replace the cd for dvd drive can i still use it as i have been doing before, for importing and burning music(cd's)

 

[ViolentJ]

To burn CD's you need a drive capable of burning, if you've been doing this then you have a CD Writer, not just a CD reader.

Replacing the drive with a DVD Reader would mean you would not be able to burn CD's.

If you replaced it with a DVD Writer then you could read and write both CD's and DVD's.

I picked up my DVD RW from PC World in the "brown box" section for about £35 last year.

 

[DrR]

If you want just a reader should be able to get one for about £10-£15
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-020-SO