I have an old iomega CD-RW external drive (firewire only) . It came stock with a Lite-on 40x12x48x, 5.25" IDE drive. I would like to swap in a new DVD/CD drive. Is this possible??? Any particular brand of dvd drives I should look into? Thanks all.
As long as the size and interface are the same, you should be able to swap them out. The only thing that might be tricky is if they made it difficult to open the enclosure. Also, if they've installed a custom faceplate, it may take some fiddling to take it off and make the new one fit. Do you have a picture or link to a product page?
btw, I've had the best luck with LG drives from the ones I've owned over the years, but I can't really comment on the other makes they have listed as I've never bought them.