600E DVD Question

[Ronny Floyd]

Hi again !

I have now successfully maxed out the ram in my 600E to 512mb.

My new question for today : Can I replace the cd player with a combo that will play cd's and dvd's ?

Would I be able to get a decent playback on dvd's ? My 600e has a 20gig hard drive if that helps. Also, would this also enable me to be able to burn cd's ?

If you have not figured it out yet, this is all pretty new to me.

Thanks,
Ronny

[u.mac]

Hi Ronny,

I replaced the 24x Toshiba-CDROM with the Toshiba SD-R6372 DVD-RW and it works well with the 600x/500mhz

...but the 600x is a littlebit faster than the 600e - maybe you have to change the processor too.

Uwe.

[OldManClayton]

I have a 600e and changed out the CD drive for a DVD drive long ago. This machine is a 366Mhz with negligible amounts of RAM ( ) and plays DVD's fine. I can't remember if VLC player was the best for DVD's, but it runs large AVI files easy-peasy lemon-squeezy. This solid little booger isn't too shabby when it comes to video!

About the burner... I'm not sure if there was a unit that could burn discs, but the DVD drive won't let you burn them unless it's designated as being able to do so. (You probably knew that, but just in case. )

[Ronny Floyd]

I could do without the ability to be able to burn a cd, but I would like to have a dvd player on this thing. My processor is also 366mhz. Would it be as simple as taking out the old cd player and replacing it with the dvd player ? What else would have to be done to make it work ?

Thanks,
Ronny

[u.mac]

If you only what to play DVD, a cheep+easy way may be to buy the orig. 600x-DVD-ROM-drive. It's (cold) plag'n'play, if the new drive comes up with the "carrier" for the 600er series. If not, you have to screw the old carrier to your new drive.

You may also get other DVD-ROM or -RW... these drives needs also the carrier from old drive - and sometimes the frontbrezel doesn't look well. The frontbrezel from your old drive may match to the new drive... sometimes you have to dremel, glue... sometimes there is no way.

Or take a look to the slot-in-drives - easy to use, no trouble with the frontbrezel.

Uwe.

[Rick Aguinaldo]

My cheap and easy way of playing DVD and burn cd's is to replace the 600e's cd drive with a DVD/CDRW combo drive from the T2x/T30/R series. They are much cheaper in eBay than the original 600 DVD optical drives. To do it, I have to remove the replacement drive's rails and rear connector and use the ones from the original 600 drive. This involves removing four rail and two rear connector screws. The 600e can play dvd "acceptably" but I added a Dell Margi dvd hardware accelerator PCMCIA card and now it plays equal or better than the 800mhz T-21. I use Nero to burn cd's; slow (due to limited CPU power) but available when needed. As a result of this customer demand for DVD-fitted 600e against a commercial portable dvd player, I now have pile of changed out working 600 cd drives here available for free to any one who will pay shipping .