Dell :: Upgrading Slot Drive To Blue-Ray

Jun 16, 2009

I just received my new Studio 1555 and a week or two ago, I had second thoughts about not getting the Blue-Ray player. Is it possible to easily upgrade this through Dell or by other means?

Has anyone else upgraded their slot load drive from the DVD-R to Blue-Ray?

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Dell :: Slot Load Blue-ray Drive For 1340 ?

Dec 10, 2009

It would really be neat if I could put in a slot load Blue-ray drive or burner in my 1340, would the one in the 1640/1645 be Compatible and if so .

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Dell :: Inspiron 8000 :: CD-ROM Drive That Only Fits In The Floppy Drive Slot. Will The BIOS Recognize

Jan 29, 2009

On an old Inspiron 8000 laptop, I have a CD-ROM drive that only fits in the floppy drive slot. Will the BIOS recognize a boot CD in this new location? I believe it's an 18000 motherboard.

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Dell :: XPS 1640: Replace Slot Loading Optical Drive With Hard Drive And Caddy

Sep 29, 2009

I'm thinking of removing my DVD drive and replacing it with a caddy and hard drive as explained here.

I don't use the DVD drive very often and would much prefer a 500GB or 1TB hard drive in there. The DVD drive can then be used externally via the eSATA port using this cable.

The ideal solution would be to use this NewmodeUS caddy as it supports the larger 12.7mm 1TB 2.5" hard drives and has a removable faceplate. The problem is the price.

At $55 including postage to the UK plus customs, VAT and clearance fees on top it's going to work out pretty expensive for what is essentially a slimline SATA to SATA extension

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Dell :: M1330 Slot Drive

Jan 12, 2009

The M1330 has been out for awhile now. I was wondering if there are any new options/manufacturers for the CD/DVD slot drive? My device manager says I have the Mata

it won't let me type out the whole name, i guess the forum thinks its a bad word), but when I cracked open my laptop the other day I noticed my drive said it was a Panasonic.

Drive works fine with the exception that it can be loud at time (especially loading and ejecting discs). I was wondering or hoping that there might be some other or better options out there.

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Jan 12, 2009

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Dell :: 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive For XPS 1640

Oct 23, 2009

After a month of using my laptop, today is actually the first day I'm trying out this slot load drive.

I inserted a CD given by my instructor, it was running really slow and some cranky / buzzing noise could be heard from it. I mean is it normal ? It loads kinda slow too.?

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Dell :: XPS M1530 Slot Load/DVD Drive

Feb 27, 2009

Everything was working fine until lately I noticed that during the BIOS the loading bar stops 4/5 of the way for around 10 seconds,

then I hear the slot load drive turn on and only then my computer boots up .....

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Dell :: My Slot Optical Drive Broke

Oct 23, 2009

I own a Studio 15, bought in UK. Now I am in India. For some reason my optical drive has stopped working properly. It can hardly read disks and it ejects them back out.

Trying about 10 times, sometime it is able to read the disk. I have tried various disks and have tried reinstalling OS too but in vein.

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Dell :: New Slot-load Drive In M1530

Mar 6, 2009

I have been having some problems with my slot-load drive (TEAC DVW-28SLC). It has been coastering a lot of DVD-DL disks lately and overall it is very slow. I have been reading that they are putting faster drives in the newer M1530's. After a long battle with XPS support, I convinced them to replace the drive. Do you think I will get one of the faster drives or will I be stuck with the same drive? I really don't use it all that much, but when I do want to use it, it is a major pain, especially when it coasters expensive DL-DVD's.

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Dell :: Studio XPS Slot Loading Drive Vibrate

Nov 26, 2009

Just wondering if everyone else's slot loading drive vibrates the entire machine when in use as well? It's much more noticeable than my old laptop and Im worried the vibrations might damage the hard drive over the long term.

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Dell :: XPS M1530 Slot Load Drive A Bit 'rough' Compared To IMac?

May 21, 2009

I like the slot load drive, I wouldn't want to go back to the traditional ones. However I've always thought it was a bit rough in the sense that you have to kind of force it in and it makes a lot of noise. Also when you eject it, it kind of 'spits' it out.

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HP/Compaq :: How To Eject DVD From Slot-load Drive When Windows Won't Boot

Dec 2, 2009

I have a DV3Z with a slot-load DVD drive.

I somehow messed up my Windows 7 installation and get a BSOD every time I try to boot into Win7 or even safe mode from the hard drive.

However, what I can NOT figure out is how to EJECT the disc in the drive.

I can get to a command prompt via the Startup Repair advanced options, but there doesn't appear to be a command to eject in the disc.

Is there a keyboard combination I can press at power on to eject the disc?

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Dell :: Which Blue-ray Drive?

May 16, 2009

Was looking to get a blue ray drive to put in my XPS M1530, choices are:

Panasonic UJ-110
Panasonic UJ-120
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Sony NEC BC-5600s

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Dell :: Upgrading To A Blu-Ray Drive In M1730

Feb 15, 2009

I'm curious if it's possible to actually order the BD-RE drive from dell directly?

I see some after-market vendors of course, but curious as to if it's actually directly orderable through Dell? And well, how to go about it, since I'm blind as a bat if it's actually on the website .

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Dell :: Will This Blue-ray Drive Work On My Inspiroon 1720?

Mar 2, 2009

Will it work? If so I'll be buying it

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Dell :: Precision M4400 Blue Tooth, Adapter, Web Cam, Drive?

Jan 25, 2009

Couple questions - I'm leaning towards an M2400 but prefer the M4400 as long as it can fit in my existing Zero Halliburton briefcase.

The interior dimensions of the case are 16" wide x 11" deep.

Currently, it fits my M70, with the AC adaptor & bluetooth mouse on the right side.
As far as the batteries on the M4400 - will the 9 cell extended battery fit in my existing 11" deep case?

Also, what's the standard AC adaptor for the M4400? Will the 90w adaptors work with the E-Port?

I have a couple extra 90w adaptors for my M70 (D series) that would hopefully work with the M4400 and/or E-Port.

Lastly - I realize there's no S-Video out port on the M4400/E-series.

How would I output video to my (non hdmi) TV? Is there some sort of cable adapter available from Dell that would convert a video signal from the M4400 to either the S-Video input or the yellow video RCA jack on my TV?

Currently I use the Dell S-video to video (yellow) adaptor cable.

User pros & cons on the LED versus LCD screen?

Does the webcam on the LED have a lower resolution than the LCD webcam?

Lastly - who makes the 320GB 7200rpm FFS drive? Hopefully Western Digital.

Is the 500GB 7200rpm drive a FFS drive as well?

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Dell Inspiron N5110 :: Hard Drive 0 / Blue Screen

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Just now i've gotten two blue screen messages in quick succession. I ran diagnostics from the boot screen and the test shows the only error is with the Hard Drive. I was given this message

Error Code - 2000-0151

Validation 21265

Message - Hard Drive 0 - S/N TE85434902BA8R

Incorrect Status - 3

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Sep 16, 2009

I have the standard DVD RW drive in my Studio 1555 and would like to upgrade to one that plays blu-ray discs.

Would any of you knowledgeable people be able to cast your eye over this and tell me whether or not it will fit?

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Nov 8, 2008

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Nov 20, 2009

It does not use a standard DVD drive, its smaller (10mm instead of the 12mm I use in other notebooks). Anyone know a drive that is compatible?

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Sony :: Blue Ray Drive Upgrade For Vaio Z Series

Apr 24, 2009

I just have a question regarding aftermarket upgrade of blue ray for Vaio Z series, did any one try upgrading with any aftermarket blue ray drive for Z series? If so what is the compatibility criteria and did anyone find one for Z series

I found a notebook blue ray rom for $79

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but it is IDE interface I am not sure what interface is for Z series.

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Sony :: VAIO SR Upgrading Hard Drive

Oct 27, 2009

I was thinking about upgrading to a 7200 RPM hard drive for my VAIO SR190.

I'm sure this voids warranty, but in the event that you need to send the laptop to Sony, couldn't you just put the original back in and they wouldn't notice?

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Jul 23, 2009

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The Bios is 3.03 dated 11/10/2006

Is it possible to use this drive?

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Sony :: Upgrading An FZ11Z With A 500GB Hard Drive

Feb 1, 2009

I've worked out the physical process of replacing the installed 200GB 2.5 inch Hard Drive to a 500GB Werstern Digital 500GB 2.5 inch Hard Drive. Overall it looks pretty easy. It's what happens once the drive is fitted and I turn on the laptop that I'm a bit worried about.

Do I just load the recovery discs as usual or is there something I need to do in BIOS? Also will the motherboard cope with a 500GB Hard Drive?

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Sony :: Z Series Upgrading From 320Gb To 500Gb Hard Drive

Mar 4, 2009

I just bought a new 500GB 7200rpm Seagate HD and I plan to change my laptop harddrive with this new Seagate HD.

My question is,
After I install the new HD, can I use the Recover back up DVD that I created using my old HD

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Acer :: Upgrading Hard Disk In 1410 - Removing Old Drive

Mar 26, 2010

I just got an Intel X18-M G1 80 gb ssd with a 2.5" enclosure to upgrade the HDD in my Acer 1410.

I opened the back panel, removed the 2 screws, then removed plastic piece holding down the gold connector, and pulled the plastic tape to get the hard drive out.

Problem now is, how do I remove the old hard drive from the chasis? I've upgraded laptop drives before and usually just there is a SATA connector. But here the SATA connector seems to be connected to a chasis/circuit board. There are several 6 point star shaped screws, including some covered by a piece of black plastic.

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Dell :: UWB Slot, Any Use?

Apr 30, 2009

I know the UWB port can be used for the 'wireless USB card' if you can find one, but in the absence of that can it be used for anything else?

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Dell :: M1530 Only Has One HDD Slot

Nov 12, 2008

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Anybody used the left hand slot SD-slot for ReadyBoost?
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