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Originally posted by Ronomy:
Is it that easy to replace the drive? What about firmware? If we buy a newer drive will it work?

Ron
It is fairly easy to replace the drive and you can check in advance what Firmware Version you have.
Meridian could send you the firmware flush for the DVS drive you end up buying.

The guy with the 800 actually installed a DVS DSL-720A instead of the original DSL-710A and it worked just fine.
I am assuming all DVS drives will work and probably, if you could "communicate" with the motherboard, some other drives as well but the mounts that hold the Drive to the base will be differently located.
I personally tried a Philips DVD-Rom Writer/Reader from my Dell computer but the Meridian's motherboard did not recognized it even after different settings of the Master/Slave termination.

You know what? for 20$ + 10$ shipping over e-bay it is worth the try. Bear in mind the local rep in Canada wanted 400-500$ + labour(!?!) for replacing this drive.
What can you possibly lose?

Regards,

Doron

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