Dirty head

Thanks again.

Had a look at the link, £68. (made the wife weep, she is saving for another autralian trip,)

John

Hey Jow
That is a lot.
You can get cheaper ones, much cheaper, just search around.

DVD rom drive model no SD C2612 Toshiba details on back of drive.

Drive removed an came out after removing one screw (it states its a DVD rom Drive) Time computers replaced this drive back in april this year when it was still in guarantee.
So it looks like they used the latest drive in their stock.

so they replaced it and its stuffed up again?
If I where you I would deffinatly have a talk to Toshiba in the UK, tell them its the second time you have had a problem with the drive.

and you will have to buy the drive from toshiba if you want the internal drive!

Thanks Puppypaw,
I think I am stuffed. There are two pressure springs which bear on the underside of the drive. One of the springs has sprung away from its chassis anchorage and I dont think its going to be economical to replace the laptop chassis.
Information from our local web forum is indicating that an external romdrive would most probably not install the operating system when called upon to do this task. Or if it can even a dos set up might be needed.
At the moment I cannot work out if the pressure spring broken also provides electrical contact as well. If not I could perhaps create some pressure with some ingenuity.
To talk to the suppliers of the laptop now the guarantee date has passed costs £1 per minute so you can guess I am not in an hurry to pick up the telephone :eek: