Everex Laptop - Replace DVD Drive???

This one has me lost and without throwing the thing against the wall out of pure frustration does anyone out there have any idea how to remove an optical drive from an Everex Stepnote VA2001T?

It’s my wife’s laptop which won’t read CD’s anymore reads DVD’s perfectly and I bought a new DVDRW drive but can’t seem to figure out how to pull the old optical drive? There’s nothing obvious, no screws for it no clips. I can’t even get the cover properly off the bottom of the laptop as two of the screws at the back near the LCD hinge seem to be glued in place or stuck they won’t budge and they do seem to be holding everything else in place. I can’t get at the DVD from the HDD bay either, HDD came out as expected in two seconds.

I tried to contact Everex for over a month with only three responses in broken English back to me all of which were irrelevant I don’t think the person who read my questions could even understand what I was asking. Their website it a joke, I tried to get XP drivers for this thing and the links are all dead. I contacted about this as well a few times without any response. I will never in my life ever buy anything from Everex ever again. Grrrr…

 

I tried their website to see if they have drivers for that laptop and it stated it was closed.

I also found this about the same problem you have: http://www.gamersrepublic.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=20413

 

Thanks I think Everex is gone and has been going for a few months now. I've tried cleaning it already but it won't read any CD's at all. It will if I reboot with one in the drive and even then it's 50/50. Ah well... I'll just update my eBay listing and hope it sells.

Thanks again!