Need new laptop optical drive

[Rig]

Hello, I have a Sony Vaio VGN-N38E laptop and the optical drive seems to be dead. Can someone give me a link to a compatible Optical Drive that I can purchase?
I'm not sure how to find out what type it needs (or what types there are).

Thanks for any help

 

[Rig]

I'm sorry, I don't understand? Please help me find a replacement drive as I cant even read discs on my laptop (or boot any from BIOS).

 

[r3dark]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...m_re=hybrid_hard_drive-_-22-148-704-_-Product

heres a good one and much faster than a regular laptop drive. even faster than a velocirapter drive from wd

 

[Rig]

Sorry I mean My Optical drive. I need a new Optical Drive to read discs but I don't know which one to get.

 

[Rig]

bump

I do genuinly need an Optical drive, any will do please advise

 

[Rabbit01]

Looking at the service manual for your model, it would appear that the drive can be removed. Have you tried taking it out and see whether a label w/ model # is there? Try looking that up online.

Can your laptop boot from a USB drive? If so, maybe get an external USB optical drive instead? As those are a lot cheaper. Look slim too. But it is one more thing to carry when you're on the go.

 

[Jude]

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Jude