Is there a tutorial on how to upgrade TR’s optical drive?
 
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Posted: 12 January 2005 07:03 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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???  :oops:

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Posted: 12 January 2005 08:33 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Lourenco
Posted: 12 January 2005 10:55 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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Thanks for the help Rahul.
It looks difficult though… Is it harder than the bluetooth upgrade?

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Posted: 12 January 2005 11:31 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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[quote author=“Lourenco”]Thanks for the help Rahul.
It looks difficult though… Is it harder than the bluetooth upgrade?

the hardest part was removing the bezel (without breaking the plastic tabs.)

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Posted: 12 January 2005 12:59 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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[quote author=“Lourenco”]Thanks for the help Rahul.
It looks difficult though… Is it harder than the bluetooth upgrade?

lol, I’m too much of a chicken to even open the TR :oops:  :oops:

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Lourenco
Posted: 12 January 2005 06:58 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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[quote author=“Rahul”]lol, I’m too much of a chicken to even open the TR :oops:  :oops:

I was too… But it all worked out when I decided to do it.

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Posted: 12 January 2005 09:31 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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They were all quite easy. I’ve done both the bluetooth and the optical. And linc was right, the bezel was the only worrisome part. But once I got it off, I understood better how it is mounted.
Now I’m off to upgrade the wireless card to the Intel ProWireless ABG card.

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Posted: 13 January 2005 01:21 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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i must say that you are very brave in my book. i’m a chicken too.  :oops:

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Posted: 13 January 2005 02:14 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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I was too chicken—but now that I need the WLAN upgrade, I’ll be opening it next week to install a new ABG card as well…

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Posted: 13 January 2005 04:46 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]  
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I almost broke my plastic cover trying to pry open it when I got curious about the inside of the laptop :shock:  Turns out that there was this hidden screw under this sticker on the left side of the cover

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gotolam
Posted: 16 January 2005 11:26 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]  
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The upgrade looks easy enough, but where would you get the drive to fit the TR3?

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Posted: 21 January 2005 07:20 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]  
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[quote author=“gotolam”]The upgrade looks easy enough, but where would you get the drive to fit the TR3?

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UJ-812 -  Part # 179689213 DVDRW (UJ-812,9.5MM)
UJ-822 -  Part # 179705711 DVD+-RW (UJ-822,9.5MM)

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