Repairing or Upgrading of Optical Disc Drives (CD,DVD,MO,Blu-Ray) for Laptops & Notebooks

Here links to do-it-yourself repair and upgrade instructions for CD, DVD, Blu-Ray and MO drives of laptops and notebooks.

N.N.	How to remove a CD or DVD disc from the optical drive of a laptop.
Acer Aspire 1642	This very detailed guide explains and illustrates how to access and replace the optical drive (CD), to clean the fan and upgrade the memory (RAM) [PDF].
Acer Aspire 3023WLMi	Instructions for optical drive replacement.
Acer TravelMate 513T	How to change the CD-Drive. Upgrading the hard drive (in German).
Acer TravelMate 803LMi	How to put a new internal burner LG GWA-4082N into an old laptop.
Acer TravelMate 2493NWLMi	This blog entry describes how to replace the CD/DVD drive in the notebook (in Czech).
Acer TravelMate 4002	This guide explains how to replace the optical drive.
Apple iBook	Hard drive and CD removal tips, including helpful pictures.
Apple iBook G3 Clamshell (Indigo)	Bezel modification for new optical drive.
Apple iBook G3 Dual-USB 500MHz White	Overhaul leads to frustration as well as success. How to take the notebook to pieces, remove the 10GB hard drive and busted CD-R it came with originally, and replace them with a 40GB Samsung hard drive and a Sony CD-RW/DVD drive before putting the it back together again.
Apple iBook G4	Sliced Apple: adding internal BlueTooth. Antenna modification for improved BlueTooth range. Interval hard drive replacement. Adding a SuperDrive (CDRW/DVD-ROM).
Apple iBook G4	DVD-R (SuperDrive) upgrade (in German).
Apple iBook G4 12''	Take apart instructions, adding a 2x SuperDrive (DVD burner).
Apple iBook G4 12''	Adding a 4x SuperDrive (DVD burner).
Apple PowerBook G4 12''	A movile about a MCE Tech 16X Dual Layer Superdrive upgrade, new 100GB Hard Drive, and custom-made colorful rainbow logo.
Apple PowerBook 1400	Take apart pictures, overclocking. Examination and Repair of a Floppy Module. Examination and Repair of a CD ROM Module (12x). Putting in a 24 x CD ROM.
Apple PowerBook G3 Pismo	Hard drive and memory upgrade (slot 1 and slot 2) tutorial. DVD drive installation guide. with dissection pictures.
Apple PowerBook G3 Wallstreet	Taking apart the CDRW/DVD combo drive.
DELL Latitude C840	How to upgrade the DVD/CD-RW with a DVD Super Multi Drive.
DELL CPi	How to Swap the Drives in Dell Latitude Laptops: This information on how to swap the drives in Dell Latitude Laptops covers the method by which to change the Modular CDROM drive and the Modular Floppy drive in the Modular Bay.
Fujitsu Amilo A A6600 / A7600 (CY26/FY26)	Upgrade of the optical drive to DVD-RW (in German).
Fujitsu P-2120	CD-RW upgrade: how to replace the original optical drive with a Panasonic CW-8122-B slot loading DVD/CDRW drive.
GateWay Solo 9550	Upgrading a laptop can be a costly endeavor, depending on how many components need replacing. At some point you have to decide if it makes more sense (financially) to scrap the older system for a shiny new model. This HOWTO goes an upgrade path for: a new display, a bigger hard drive, some extra memory and a DVD burner instead of a CD/RW.
HP Pavilion N5190	Shared knowledge: a take apart picture gallery and disassembly guide. Cleaning the fan from dirt and remounting the CPU using thermal conductive paste. Upgrading the hard drive. Replacement of CD/DVD, LCD video driver board and BIOS battery. Fixing a broken power adapter jack.
IBM ThinkPad 560	How to install a 3,5'' 15GB IBM harddisk and a 8x CD-ROM drive inside.
IBM ThinkPad (misc. models)	How to build your own UltraBay drive. Survey of UltraBay 2000 drives (CD/DVD) and compatible alternative drives.
IBM ThinkPad T21	Commented photo manual about upgrading an UltraBay 2000 drive (DVD-ROM Hitachi GD-S200 -> DVD+-RW NEC ND-6650A (in Czech).
JVC MiniNote MP-XV841GB	This tutorial explains how to replace the DVD Drive with a DVD burner.
Kapok NetWork 1100AT (aka Umax, Clevo, Gericom)	A complete step-by-step upgrade tutorial: processor (Intel-Tillamook to AMD K6-II 400 Mhz or better to K6-III), memory (128MB 66Mhz SODIMM), hard disk (30GB), optical drive (TEAC CD-ROM to DVD-ROM Torisan DRD-U424 and TFT display replacement (in German).
Medion MD9703	An illustrated DVD-ROM replacement HOWTO.
Panasonic CF-48	CD-ROM drive replacemnt.
Sony VAIO PCG-F807K	Replacing the CD drive.
Sony VAIO PCG-FX210	DVD drive replacement instructions and pictures.
Sony VAIO PCG-S360S	Three upgrade guides: hard drive replacement, CPU change and CD/DVD drive enhancement.
Sony VAIO VGN-AR61ZU	Instructions for HDDs, RAM and optical drive replacement.
Sony VAIO VGN-S360s	This Upgrade guide for the Sony VAIO S series of notebooks explains how to upgrade the following components: Hard Drive upgrade, CPU Upgrade using Arctic Silver gel coolant, CD/DVD Drive upgrade guide.
Toshiba Equium M40X-189	A small DVD drive replacement guide.
Toshiba Satellite 2410	This guide explains how to replace the laptop DVD drive: pictures, parts and part numbers (in German).
Toshiba Satellite 4100XDVD	Tear down manual and pictures.
Toshiba Satellite 5205	How to remove and replace laptop DVD/CD-rom drive.
Toshiba Satellite Pro 4290	Master/Slave-Jumper for CD-RW, for changing the CD to DVD/CD-RW Combo drive (in German).
N.N.	CD/DVD emergency eject: how to open a CD or DVD drive, which want eject automatically, all you need is a bended paper clip.

HOWTOs and FAQs

• SlimLine FAQ [PDF] - Everything you need to know about SlimLine drives for laptops and notebooks (CD-ROM, DVD, CD-RW/Combo, DVD-RW) (in German).