Kmusic 4000 DVD-rom replacement because it no longer opens

[iansilv]

Can anyone give me a suggestion inhow to do this? My inlaws kmusicno longer opens it's drawer when the open button is pushed. It is out of warranty, so instead of paying the $500 to fix it through their installer, I thought I could just pop in a new drive. Any thoughts or suggestions on this? Anyone know the exact dvdrom to use? Thank you.

[Mr.Poindexter]

Since it is out of warranty, you could just open it up, remove the drive and look at it to determine exactly which drive they are using...

[iansilv]

yeah that's what I did. I was concerned that K would ahve put some special bios on the drive itself. As it was, I found the exact Sony OEM match, popped it in, plugged it in, worked like new!

[AnOutsider]

had the same issue, didn't even consider just swapping it!

wanna post the info here for posterity's sake?

[iansilv]

Yeah man- it worked- just make sure you have a securitytorx wrench so that you can crack it open. But out of warranty, drive just failed. Works great now