Dell Latitude Missing DVD Drive

bradyle

Laptop: Dell Latitude E6530
Warranty: no
OS: Windows 7


I have a work laptop. Today I was working and realised its dvd drive is gone. Its just not there any more. I have a rectangular shaped hole in my laptop instead. Now I reallly dont want work to know this! Is it possible to buy these drives and just stick them back in. Like it never needs to work or anything. I just cant have the hole!!!

Torqay

The "rectangular shaped hole" is the modular bay. Contact Dell customer support, order a replacement DVD drive for your model and slip it in.

Or get it on ebay.

bradyle

You re a king among men! Thanks

yeppydeppy

As someone who works in IT if you came back to me missing the dvd drive I wouldn't care. They are cheap and we'd probably have spare ones lying around being used as cup holders.

bradyle

Yea but i'm already the girl thats managed to loose a work phone, another sim card ( i actually lost the work phone again but i pretended it was just the sim card and am using my personal phone), the swipe card to enter the building and my token for machines...I've worked here less than 6 months. I really cant loose anything else

Torqay

bradyle wrote: »

Yea but i'm already the girl thats managed to loose a work phone, another sim card ( i actually lost the work phone again but i pretended it was just the sim card and am using my personal phone), the swipe card to enter the building and my token for machines...I've worked here less than 6 months. I really cant loose anything else

Nothing wrong with a little prayer to Saint Anthony every now and then.

bradyle

Saint Anthony, Jesus's lost and found prayer...crossing every appendage that can be crossed...I'm covering all bases and hoping it's just somewhere in my apartment!!

Torqay

How you managed "loose" the DVD drive, is beyond me.

It's not that they're prone to slipping out just like that, they're locked with a clip and even then you'll have to pull it out.

bradyle

This was all my friends responses too...but I'm literally cursed when it comes to technology. Like I have babied this laptop it's never out of my sight, never been dropped or anything and somehow the disc drive is gone. Like i've never even used the bloody thing!!!!!

I had it in a laptop pocket of a schoolbag yesterday and im hoping that maybe its still in there. No idea how it left but I was taking it in and out for going through airport security so maybe it just got caught or something

johneire31

Did you ever consider that one of your workmates might be playing a little prank on you? knowing your tendencies and all that?

Worth a thought I think!

bradyle

I found it It was at home. It comes with thiua button you can press that makes it pop out a bit. So I assume it got pressed in my bag and caught on something or other!!

I'm just very happy to not have a hole in my laptop anymore !