Change the CD Drive

How to Remove Replace Install your Acer Aspire 5738Z Laptop CD/DVD Optical Drive

1. Check to see if your laptop requires a screws to be removed for the optical drive.

2. Find the CD/DVD Optical Drive release button.

3. Pull out your Acer Aspire CD/DVD Optical Drive.

4. Get your new replacement Acer Aspire CD/DVD Optical Drive and place it securely into the drive slot.

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turn the computer off at the wall and disconnect the cable
open up the cabinet
pull the connections off the hard drive
remove the screws holding the hard drive in place and remove
if it is an old disc type hard drive and it is faulty, replace it with a solid state hard drive ( no moving parts)
because the hard drive contains the operating system, the fitment of a new hard drive will require you to get into the bios boot tab and change first boot from hard drive to first boot cd that has an operating system cd installed
to get to the bios immediately after pressing the on button, hold down the delete button until the bios screen appears

Hello Turn off your Pavilion laptop and remove the AC power cord. Slide the battery release lever to the unlocked position and remove the battery.
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Remove the small Phillips head screw on the bottom of the laptop. This screw is used to secure the optical drive to the laptop case.Grasp the front of the CD-ROM drive and carefully slide it out of the bay. Slide the replacement drive into the bay and secure it with the Phillips head screw. Then replace the battery, connect the AC power and turn the laptop on.

Good luck

there is a push button on the bottom if this is a made by dell, laptop or most laptops there always a push button that ejects the cd drive . to me why remove cd drive it can also be under the keyboard. for the memory,using a little muscle with a flat screw driver or knife can pop the drive out,im surprised it be in with the cd rom drive must be a newer computer,keep me posted.

See the panel on the side of the DVD Drive? remove that by lifting it backwards, it has a black button on top of it, remove it and now you have access to the screws on the side of the DVD drive, after unscrewing there's a button on the opposite side, push it sideways to unlock the drive and push the DVD drive out of the casing. Hope you figure it out.

You can use the Toshiba Satellite guide for removing and replacing the DVD/CD-ROM drive or the keyboard. On this model you have to remove the keyboard in order to remove and replace the DVD/CD-ROM drive because the optical drive securing screw is located under the keyboard. Always start laptop disassembly with removing the battery or you can damage the system board if you accidentally touch it with a screwdriver and shorten traces. Removing the keyboard strip is not very difficult, use your fingers to release the plastic latches. If you want to replace the keyboard, do not forget to unlock the connector on the system boar before you pull the cable.

remove drive out there's 4 screws below drive remove them, you should be able to open drive in 2 bits remove cd put all back together ;)
you may have 1 or 2 more screws just remove them to open drive in 2.

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IDE 1 is the CDRom (or any optical device attached). IDE 0 (zero) is the Hard drive. So this message is telling you there is a problem with the DVD/CD-Rom, that has halted the boot process. Now you have no choice but to go to BIOS (read startup screen to find the procedure, usually DEL, F2, or F12 keys) and see if the problem can be corrected there (or if not, disable the drive, save change, and try rebooting again). If this is not possible, then you might try booting from an external device (floppy, CD, USB etc) if your system allows that (and if you have the boot software/media). Otherwise, you must remove the drive, in order to regain your desktop (pass the halt stage in boot process). Here is how to remove the CD:

Underneath the laptop, there will be a screw about 4 inches in, on a centyer line direct from the DVD/CD tray panel. Remove this screw. Insert a pin or paper clip (carefully, and STRAIGHT in!) to the small hole next to the CD tray release button. This opens the tray manually. Pull it out to the full open position, then GENTLY pull further, and the whole drive will release from the laptop.

Once you have reached the desktop, you should try to remove the previous driver if possible, via start menu/settings/control panel/system (or r-click my computer and select properties). In system control panel, there is a hardware settings tab. Here you can remove or disable hardware. Try adding a "generic CD-Rom", so the DVD might get past boot process when you reinstall it (later, below).

Now, try to start the laptop without DVD/CD. If it starts normally, your driver change was incompatible, or possibly, in the process of changes you did something that impaired the drive or its ROM (or perhaps needs to be cleaned).

Now try reinstalling the CD Rom drive (no screws yet, just insert fully). If you are still at the same halt, you have cut yourself out of using this CD, unless perhaps tou can reboot with a windows CD while the drive is installed, and let windows detect and install a PROPER driver.

If that is not possible, you need another DVD/CD drive. You can also buy a replacement or cheap older model for testing system at any legitimate advanced PC shop, or many used computer parts stores. Try the drive before you buy, just slide in and mount a CD/DVD. (you may have a special adapter that must be removed from the old OEM drive and attached to new one, and the tray cover may need to be switched to allow the CD to close for testing)

Regardless of the outcome of any of the above, please post your results, and the complete text of the black boot screen here, so I can analyze the problem -or any other possibilities that may be indicated by the post dialog.

once the screw is removed, you may need to insert the tip of the screwdriver, behind a small curved plate, where screw went in. Also, on outside of the laptop, there is usually a small button/tab key, which may be pressed in, then retracted, to pull the DVD drive out of it's bay.

Hi Clookie, Sony hides its screws under little square screw covers. I use a knife to pry them up. Its not had to do at all. I am assuming you have the big PS2 system and not the slim. The rubber feet pop out as well to expose Screws. use a phillips Screwdriver to remove 8 or 10 screws depending on which model it is. Turn the PS2 over right side up. Using a razor blade, cut the warranty label at the seams where the case shell parts come together. the warranty label is located to the left of the power cord socket. You can now lift the top cover from the back side up about 1 or 2 inches. Pull the cover forward to clear the cd tray. Do not go far with the cover, it may have the reset buttons still attached. If the reset/eject buttons are attached, you need to keep the cover close to the console and roll it from left to right so that the cover rests upside down just to the right of the console. Using a very small phillips screw driver, remove the screws from the CD drive bay cover. If only two screws are holding it, you need a knife to poke in the rectangle slots at the rear of the cover for the cd drive. Pry outward to ge the catches to release. Now you should be able to get the CD back into position. Hope this helps... If you have worse trouble, Contact me at [email protected]