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    Mata BD-RE UJ-220 Driver

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Bradders1987, Sep 29, 2010.

  1. Bradders1987

    Bradders1987 Newbie

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    Hi all
    I hope everyone is well!
    I am a new poster here and am looking for help, I have a Dell XPS M1730 with a Mata BD-RE UJ-220 ATA Blu-Ray drive. I am thinking of upgrading to win7 x64. However I can't find any drivers and to be honest the Panasonic website is the worst piece of web design I have ever seen.
    Also, I cannot find any Vista drivers for my particular drive, even after searching the dell website with my laptop's service tag. (this is in case I go ahead with the update and the auto update yields no results)

    Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

    Brad
     
    Bradders1987, Sep 29, 2010
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Optical drives generally do not need any specific drivers besides what Windows already installs.
     
    namaiki, Sep 29, 2010
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  3. thecube1201

    thecube1201 Newbie

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    You are correct it is very rare to find a drive that actually needs drivers. In my experience I have never come across that. This is why you are probably having a hard time finding them because they don't exist. Usually what you have to worry about with Blu-ray drives is that your processor Ram and Video Card Cant handle it but you dont have to worry about it since you already have the dirve installed.

    I would worry more about finding Blu-ray software that is compatible with 64 bit more than the drivers
     
    thecube1201, Sep 29, 2010
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