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    G73JH-A2 with Blu-Ray

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Warninglabel, Feb 19, 2010.

  1. Warninglabel

    Warninglabel Notebook Enthusiast

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    I ordered my G73JH-A2 through New-egg and ordered the ASUS Black 4.8X BD-ROM 8X DVD-ROM 24X CD-ROM USB External External Slim BD Combo Model SBC-04D1S-U - Retail. I was hoping there was a notebook drive in the housing and there was. I took apart the Blu-ray drive and change out the face plate (Prefect Fit) and replace the DVD Super Multi Drive with the Asus blu-ray drive (15 to 20 min) Works great and now I have a G73JH-A1 for only 169.00 more.
     
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    Warninglabel Notebook Enthusiast

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    Latentk Notebook Consultant

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    That's ! But isn't the A2 just as sold out as the A1's? Not sure this buys us without the laptop with any option hah!

    But cool none the less!
     
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    Warninglabel Notebook Enthusiast

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    Im just posting this for the owners of the laptop and wish to have Blu-ray drives in them.
     
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  5. l3g4cy99

    l3g4cy99 Notebook Evangelist

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    Warning, your information has been posted countless times inside the actual G73JH thread...
     
    l3g4cy99, Feb 19, 2010
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    Warninglabel Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes countless times if you want to read over 500 post of single line info. all Im saying is you can buy the Asus SBC-04D1S-U | External Blu-Ray Drive
    and inside the housing you will find a notebook drive that will fit prefectly in our brand new Asus G73 for the price of 169.
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    Take it a part and replace the DVD drive in side of our Asus G73s and enjoy

    Dont be a hater lol just trying to give users easy to find info instead of looking for hours for options
     
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  7. evensen007

    evensen007 Notebook Deity

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    Good find, I wouldn't have thought about doing that. You can get an internal Blu for these systems from the re-sellers right now for a pretty good price. They have some in stock to change A2's into A1's.

    Probably a little bit cheaper than this method, but good job!
     
    evensen007, Feb 19, 2010
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