karnak
Jun 02, 2002, 06:11 AM
I've got a laptop DELL Latitude 610 with CD-rom and want to change the firmware or something else to obtain a DVD-rom , is this possible ??
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View Full Version : Can you change a CD-rom to DVD-rom ?? [Dell; Latitide C610; win2KPro]
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karnak Jun 02, 2002, 06:11 AM I've got a laptop DELL Latitude 610 with CD-rom and want to change the firmware or something else to obtain a DVD-rom , is this possible ?? crafty Jun 02, 2002, 06:31 AM No unless you are going to take to take the cd rom out and throw it away and put a dvd rom in its place Roger Moore Jun 02, 2002, 12:51 PM Er..... no that's not possible. If you could do that everybody would! Try buying a DVD-ROM drive. Roger duffy90210 Jun 02, 2002, 01:27 PM You can , Contact Dell to get a replacement DVD-ROM, the BIOS inside the 610 should already support DVD, so its just a case of getting a DVD-ROM off Dell. HTH MarcMail1IsBack Jun 02, 2002, 11:20 PM Yeah that's about all you can do,only 2 choice's if you want to keep in inside the pc if you only have 1 Cd bay! You can even get a combo drive if you like to have a burner and DVD in the same bay! I know dell have them! Or you could go with an External drive! deerballs Jun 03, 2002, 12:08 AM get a external burner, it will be cheaper than buying one from the manufacturer. deerballs Jun 03, 2002, 12:09 AM I'm sorry but a extrenal dvd. very cheap at tigerdirect.com Holler Jun 03, 2002, 01:30 PM A regular CDROM lacks the hardware to decode DVD ... |