Compatible Dvd Rewriter for Satellite A30 P4 2.8 ghz

Can anyone tell me if there is a compatible dvd rewriter internal unit for my Satellite A30-514 P4 2.8GHz/WXP HE/512MB/30GB/15TFT/DVD-CDRW .And where i can get one.

Hi Michael,
I changed the original CDRW in my A30-141 (a TEAC DW224E) for a Mat****a UJ825S with no problems at all. I just needed to swap the plastics from the old drive.
I don't think the UJ825 is still available now but the later versions should do just as well.
I have burned many a DVD on the Mat****a with no problems so I am very happy with it.
Try Googling for a suitable device, I found quite a range of prices when I searched for mine.
regards,

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Not compatible drives with wrong settings would be not recognized by BIOS.
You should also know that these settings cannot be changed like on the external drive by switching the jumpers.
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to apologize for my bad English.

Hi
It seems the Satellite A30 series is a one of series which was delivered with the no Vista support BIOS.
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http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp
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[Edited by: admin on 22-Jul-05 17:57]

If you took some effort in reading this:
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Forum/tm.asp?m=84345&mpage=15??
you would have known already.
Well, you always have people who know better, and ofcourse there are always people who know better....
(euh, never mind, hihi)
Ok about the IDE error.
Vasdiak has an ide error-notification.
I didn't.
In my case it was not recognized with the ND6500 connected and the 2nd controller dissapeared in bios and OS.
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This (and reading lot's of info on the web) got me thinking.
In case of NEC equipment(and maybe other brands as well) basically you have to look for a real OEM drives, which are configured as Master/Slave
Bulk & Retail drives are most of the time deliverd as CLS (even though retailers/dealers say otherwise), and that's no good for Satellite Pro 4600 (and many other toshiba laptops).
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The GNR-version of the NEC-ND6500A will work in a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 (2100 & 6100 too, and I think many more will).
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1.Buy a Master/Slave configured drive OR
2.modify it yourself by:
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2b.flashing the proper firmware (which is not always available/hard to get), which will result in reversed ATA.
Problem is that the NEC, Toshiba and many others do NOT sell (real)OEM-parts to the end-users, even though many retailers believe they do.
But that's merely because of the lack of consensus on how to interpret the meaning of "OEM".
Fact is that many retailers sell bulk-parts as if there where OEM, but that's wrong !
In my particular case:
I bought a NEC-ND6500A which was OEM-specified on the website (dealer), and after informing with the dealer I bought the drive.
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I mentioned the "OEM-story" and NEC explained.
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To make things more confusing:
GEN-version is specified as master, also by Nec, but the Toshiba does not cope with it well.
And so do a lot of other laptops that cannot recognize CSEL-drives (which it really is !!).
Kinds of errors one can get: IDE-error, unpredictable behaviour, no DMA possible, etc...
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My advise: put some effort into it (by reading link above and search the web).
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