My Dell DVD/CD burner has died. I've read that this is a common issue with the dell drives. For instance, it will read files and play audio CD's, but will not burn in any of the burning programs I use (Itunes,WMP,Roxio,Nero), just says please insert a blank cd, even though I have. Have tried many brands of CD-R's, that's not the issue.
I have purchased a new Samsung IDE DVD burner drive from Newegg.com, but I've never had my computer open before. I've youtubed the process, seems easy enough.
It's a secondary drive, so I know about the pin-set and and the slave drive set-up.

Do I need to uninstall the current drive before loading the new one? Please, as much description as possible, I'm a newbie to working inside the tower, but really looking forward to getting my hands dirty, thanks in advance.