Area-51 R2, DVD Drive Ejects Disks By Itself

Question

My Area-51 R2 has started to eject DVD's as soon as I put them in. I ran a DVD cleaner and reinstalled the Eject Driver. Do I need to install a new drive? Are they still available?

redxps630 · Accepted Answer

Yes that is a bad drive. I have one just like that. You can replace it w slot loading slim drive. The Dell P/N are here:

Optical drive	DVD+/-RW, 8X, 9.5, SATA, made by Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Reader. 340D7
Optical drive	DVD+/-RW, 8X, Serial ATA, 9.5S, PANASONIC Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Reader. X6P9P
Optical drive	DVDRwith BD-ROM, 5X, SATA, 9.5S, PSNC Optical Drive : Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BD-R OM, DVD/RW, CD-RW). 5CTFV

redxps630 · Accepted Answer

Yes that DP/N 340D7 is the odd for A51 R2 desktop. Dell desktop and laptop now both use slim odd. Long gone are the days of full height odd for desktop. review the service manual for remove/replace odd steps.

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/alienware-area51-r2/alienware_area51_r2_sm/procedure?guid=guid-6a50393b-3fbf-48df-94e8-546d439d02a8&lang=en-us

scnrfrq · Accepted Answer

Thanks for all the info. Got a new drive on eBay and installed it pretty easily. Works great!

scnrfrq · Answer

Will all these fit the Area-51 R2? I can't match up the part numbers. So far I bought the Dell external DVD drive, which works well.

redxps630 · Answer

All these are original Dell oem drive for A51-r2. https://www.ebay.com/itm/284103158059?

scnrfrq · Answer

They list as laptop drives. I have a desktop. Still OK?

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Area-51 R2, DVD Drive Ejects Disks By Itself

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