Originally Posted by nathan56989

I did check the pins on both drives, and on teh mother board. No pin damage has occured. There is also no visible burning of anything. just the burnt hair smell of the dvd-rom drive.
where might i find a suitable drive for a reasonable price. It doesn't have to be the same Philips drive does it?
The HP part number is 5187-1941.

Where are you? US? If so Newegg is as good as it gets.

Just make sure it is IDE/ATA rather than SATA unless you have a spare SATA port. Model or manufacturer does not matter.


Drives

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCateg...=CD-DVD-Drives


Burners

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCateg...CD-DVD-Burners

Jephree,
Is "LITEON" a good brand to go with.
That's what my dvd burner is, and it seems to be doin ok as of ruight now.

Yes it is a good brand. I just installed a couple last week.

If you buy from Newegg note first the connection type: IDE or SATA

And also they have the boxed version with Nero (Retail) or just the drive itself (OEM).