Bluray Upgrade

Does anyone know if an outside soucre other than DELL provide the slot load Blurray player for the XPS? I have just spoke to a Dell rep who said if i wanted to upgrade I would have to buy it and send it to them to service and install.

Is it possible for me to do it my self ? Or is it best to send it in. Again I dont even know if this is all possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Josh

 

You could order the drive directly from panasonic that's the provider of the drive I have, it's pricey though. I don't think it'd be too hard to install yourself.

 

ahh right any chance of a link to the drive? Thanks for you all replys dude your like my personal guru

Is it a case of unscrewing the back and plugging the new one in ? Iv built computers in the past but im always worried when it comes to laptops.

 

external drive?

http://www.excaliberpc.com/594374/asus-sbr-02e1s-u-slim-external-usb.html

 

No internal slot load, I want to install it myself. Although if the external will be alot cheaper then I might have to bite the bullett and get one.

 

The PAN-UJ-235A is the blu-ray burner drive that dell used in my laptop I don't know what the model is for just the reader. it's the first one on the list. Blu-ray Burner

You might find a better deal searching for that drive on Ebay or something. Just a tip.

 

Thanks ill give it a go.

 

As for replacing it, I'm pretty sure it's not too hard to remove your current one and install a new one. Probably a few screws and a cable or two. I'm guessing (I haven't done it) I'm sure there are people who have though.

 

Im sure theres some tutorials out there, if thsts all thats involved then I will be ok with it . However I wont be doing it for a while as like you said the Drive is pretty dam expensive . And I dont know if its worth it especially as I have the 900P not the full HD screen.

 

lol it might not be, unless you intend to like use the HDMI to watch a blu-ray on your TV, but if you were going to do that maybe you'd just buy a blu-ray player lol.

 

We have one at my house so maybe its not worth it if I wont see a benefit on my laptop with my screen choice. Might buy an external then so I can read and write if needed.

 

It can be a minor pain to swap the disc drive. It involves removing the keyboard/touch pad and going deep into the system, and it can be a little tricky putting the keyboard back on right. I rate the technical difficulty as "medium." There's somewhere around 24 screws to remove and replace during the process.

 

You go through the keyboard? O_O I thought you could do that via the back panel. Much more of a hassel.

 

Ill deffiantly be getting the external ASUS Bluray if thats the case lol, knowing me I would be left with a very expensive paper weight!

And Gahh what 130W adapter did you buy ? did you see a decrease in throtteling?

 

Not to mention that the Panasonic bluray drives suck pretty badly too.

I have an external samsung slotload usb dvd burner that is still faster than this internal SATA bluray burner...

 

Nice, what the model name ? I might look it up. Although the ASUS does look the dogs.

 

It's probably faster due to the firmware on this laptop limiting the speed of the drive.

 

I suppose you can also take the drop in speed as you have it intergrated and protable