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i think i need a new d drive i put games dvd's in nd it makes a clicking noise , but wont load up the disk when i go into my computer select cw drive thingy it says theres nothing in the drive do i need a new driver how much r they can i fit myself or do i need a professional to do it?

Um,, i didnt understan half of that, work on your spelling/grammar.. all i couls say is try to clean it and check to see if there is a thing of dirt thats causing a bump or somthing

Nope cleaning it didn't help, I will try to bang it with a hammer.
Otherwise I will take it to a computor shop.

Honestly: If you trust yourself with opening your computer, just unhook the computer, open it up, remove the screws holding that specific drive in place (usually 2 on either side of the drive bay) & remove it through the front. Hooking up a new drive is just the reverse of the removal instructions.

Otherwise: take it to a shop and pay someone to do that for you.


But yes, your drive is sorta... screwed.

well im uber n00b when it comes to comps, are drives expensive? any recomendations? sound easy enough to install, are there any wires to connect?
thanks for the help.

Drive prices vary depending on where you get them, and the drive itself. Really, they're not all that expensive unless you get a really fast CD-/DVD-RW drive (between $30 & $60 USD, sometimes up to 2x that price - I haven't bought a CDD for years, so I can't tell you the exact pricing).
The only actual wires you have to connect are the EIDE (ribbon cable) and the molex (4-pin power interface). There is the option to connect a CD audio cable, but those are useless these days IMO.

well are the wires hard to connet 4 pinned ? ive seen a driver i want http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/ ... w_all=true

tell me what u think




its either the top one , or the bottom one

Top drive on that list is a SATA, bottom *should* be EIDE, so you'd want to go for the bottom 1.

And no, it's not hard to connect the 4-pin molex... just make sure you DON'T force it in if it won't go in (could short-circuit your machine if you do) - if for some reason it won't go in easily: first try flipping the plug, otherwise just lightly grab the wires @ the back of the connector so that all of the holes align with the pins on the drive.

well i managed to fix a new dribver from my old pc yey go me thanks for the advice ure a legend

gg welshie!

technically your "driver" was not "fooked" but your DRIVE was

DRIVER != DRIVE (!= means not equal to)

one is software, the other is hardware and firmware

raulperez wrote:technically your "driver" was not "fooked" but your DRIVE was

DRIVER != DRIVE (!= means not equal to)

one is software, the other is hardware and firmware

I think he may have known that, but might have been typing on a QWERTY keyboard and hit e & r at the same time - I know a few people who do that.

Of course, welsh, had you actually meant "driver" instead of "drive" - then raul is 100% correct about what he said.


But np. 8)

lol yeah i figured he meant drive... i just like to be an *ss some times

spam ftw raul? lol

dont you guys have qwerty key boards in usa?