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    Blu-ray drive - aftermarket option

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by paradoxguy, Sep 16, 2014.

  1. paradoxguy

    paradoxguy Notebook Evangelist

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    I am considering purchasing a refurbished Alienware 14 with a standard DVD optical drive. If I purchase it, I would like to upgrade the DVD drive with a Blu-ray one. Is the Panasonic UJ-167 compatible? Are the Panasonic UJ-267 and UJ-265 Blu-ray burner drives also compatible with the Alienware 14?

    Thanks for reading and any information.

    PG
     
    paradoxguy, Sep 16, 2014
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    ODD´s don´t have many compatibility issues, as long as they are slot load you should be good to go.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 17, 2014
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  3. paradoxguy

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    Thanks for the helpful info.

    PG
     
    paradoxguy, Sep 18, 2014
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    you do need to verify that it is 9.5mm in height. There are slot load BDR drives out there that are thicker (12.5mm I think). The 9.5mm optical drives are classified as "slim". Just don't want to see you get a standard thickness drive and not be able to put the base panel back on. I got the panasonic in a m14xR2 and am very happy with it. I also previously bought a Pioneer BDR-US01 from ebay that I put in my R1. had some issues with that one. I dont think it was ever commercially released. it would burn BDR's, and read everything, but I couldn't get it to burn a DVD without errors.

    good luck!
     
    shnarf, Sep 19, 2014
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    Thanks for the suggestion!
     
    paradoxguy, Sep 24, 2014
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