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Old February 28th, 2008, 05:06 AM
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dvdrom question

i recently bought a csi game and it wont play on my gateway i take it is because i only have a cd rom and the game is a dvdrom game. i have a emachines w3107, xphome edition, serial number cca61 500 14787,that does not work so can i take the dvdrom from the emachines and put it in my gateway e 1500 serial number 0038637011 it has xp home also.are they compatible?and if not is it even possible to put a dvdrom in my gateway?
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Old February 28th, 2008, 05:11 AM
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Dvdrom Help

can i put a dvdrom from a emachines w3107 into a gateway e1500?
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Old February 28th, 2008, 09:06 AM
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can i put a dvdrom from a emachines w3107 into a gateway e1500?
No reason why you can't.

Make sure the jumper on the replacement is set to the same as what you are replacing.........If you only have one drive it should be set to Master.

Read this... http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/id...mpering-c.html

It should clarify things for you.
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