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DVD Burner for Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop
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ElRey92
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24. May 2005 @ 14:01 |
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I have an Inspiron 5100 laptop. Specs in my sig. I have a dvd drive that says right off the cd drive:
Compact Disc ReWritable Ultra Speed DVD Rom
If i cant use that to burn Ps2 game backups with DVD Decrypter, what can i do to upgrade it. Remember, this is a LAPTOP.
Dell Inspiron 5100
2.8 ghz p4
512 mb ram
A32 Dell Bios
ATI Radeon 7500
WIN XP
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24. May 2005 @ 16:25 |
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I have this same model laptop. Mine does not have a dvd burner built in just a cd burner so I bought an external dvd burner, and it works fine backing up my original games so I protect my originals playing them of the hd.
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24. May 2005 @ 22:26 |
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*moved*
post in the approriate forum next time.
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25. May 2005 @ 04:01 |
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@ ElRay92
A friend of mine has a Dell Inspiron ( a lower model number than yours and a Celeron processor). She bought an external Iomega burner from Dell and it will burn up to 8X on the USB connection. Ripping is somewhat slow, but no show stopper....
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ElRey92
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28. May 2005 @ 05:34 |
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Dell Inspiron 5100
2.8 ghz p4
512 mb ram
A32 Dell Bios
ATI Radeon 7500
WIN XP
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28. May 2005 @ 06:25 |
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Fry's Electronics is a great website for buying computer stuff really cheap.
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ElRey92
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28. May 2005 @ 16:36 |
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P.S- I just realized, since im on a laptop, dont i need an external cd/dvd burner? Woulden't that cost more or is there a way that i can hook up a USB cord from the DVD Burner to my laptop? If not, can anyone find me a DVD Burner that is under 50 bucks that can burn ps2 games and is an external one or has compatability with a Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop? Specs in my sig.
EDIT- http://www.comprella.com/shop/products_detail.php?pid=13012
Will that work with my computer? Am i getting ripped off or do you know a cheaper and better DVD Drive. (Mainly Cheaper ;)
Dell Inspiron 5100
2.8 ghz p4
512 mb ram
A32 Dell Bios
ATI Radeon 7500
WIN XP
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 28. May 2005 @ 16:48
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ddp
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28. May 2005 @ 17:30 |
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you are looking at about $100 for both the dvd burner & the usb housing case to house the burner
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ElRey92
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28. May 2005 @ 18:13 |
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What usb housing case? im not gonna go portable, ill just stick my lappytop somewhere and use it there, i dont want the drive mobile. So what do i need a housing case for cuz i have a 2.0 USB. Couldent it just stick it in there and it would work?
Dell Inspiron 5100
2.8 ghz p4
512 mb ram
A32 Dell Bios
ATI Radeon 7500
WIN XP
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ddp
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28. May 2005 @ 18:22 |
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the burner is connected in the housing by an ide & power cables & the housing is connected to your laptop by an usb cable & to your power bar by an adapter
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ElRey92
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29. May 2005 @ 03:38 |
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Do i need to buy the housing seperate or will i need to buy just the Burner and it will come with the housing?
Dell Inspiron 5100
2.8 ghz p4
512 mb ram
A32 Dell Bios
ATI Radeon 7500
WIN XP
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ddp
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29. May 2005 @ 07:37 |
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can go either way as in buy an external usb burner or buy the burner & housing seperate & put together yourself for experience, might be also cheaper too but not certain on that
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ElRey92
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29. May 2005 @ 08:30 |
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Can you give me links or what to search for? Like a USB Housing and will i have to open the burner and add wires to assemble it to the usb housing thing?
Dell Inspiron 5100
2.8 ghz p4
512 mb ram
A32 Dell Bios
ATI Radeon 7500
WIN XP
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ddp
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29. May 2005 @ 08:40 |
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here is a link for a usb2 case http://www.gogocomputers.com/productsCASE.htm the cables are in the case so you open the case, plug the cables into the burner, mount the burner into the case, close up the case, plug the power & usb cables into the case & into the powerbar & computer. windows xp will find & load its driver & burner software should see the burner
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