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LABOY
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_ 		10. December 2009 @ 18:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I received a Gateway computer for early Christmas gift and noticed the dvd drive opens from button on side and not the front. This is a first for me.
Looking for second dvd drive for 2nd bay, but wanted to know do all drives have button both on front and side?
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scum101
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_ 		11. December 2009 @ 18:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
first for me too .. take the drive out and have a look at make and model on the label.
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LABOY
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_ 		11. December 2009 @ 20:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The model is HL-DT-ST-DVDRAM-GH41N. Couldn't find much on that after googling that...guess I'll contact Gateway. Just wondering though, if anyone else has a computer which the open/eject button of the optical drive is on the side of the tower in lieu of the front.
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_ 		11. December 2009 @ 23:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's a really nasty drive.. it won't last long. (btw.. it's Hitachi/LG oem rebranded.. PQ04 firmware most likely.. so it's a QC fail out of the box.. as usual these days for off the shelf systems)

I wouldn't bother trying to find other drives with the buttons on the side.. they will probably just be junk like this.. Buy a proper branded burner, something like panasonic or samsung or something... not more hl-dt-st junk.. I bought 100 of them last year.. for £11 .. and stuck them in refurb systems... afaik they ALL failed within 4 months.. but.. no warranty from me on oem kit over 30 days use.
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LABOY
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_ 		12. December 2009 @ 07:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@scum101

Thanks for your reply. The problem is that the eject button is on the side of the console of the tower. (Everything I have ever seen is on the front side) If I purchase a good lite-on, sony, samsung etc, will I be able to open it by pushing the button on the side.........
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