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    Asus V1S Modular Drive Question

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by CoolnQuiet, Jan 24, 2008.

  1. CoolnQuiet

    CoolnQuiet Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone know if there is a blu-ray modular bay drive available that is compatable with the Asus V1s?

    Thanks
     
    CoolnQuiet, Jan 24, 2008
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  2. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Asus would have to make it so the casing and interface would fit in the V1 chassis, and the only BD/HDDVD drives around are internal as far as I know. I wouldn't count on this showing up for a long time, if ever.
     
    ClearSkies, Jan 24, 2008
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  3. AlexF

    AlexF Notebook Deity

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    The only way that would happen is if you cannibalized an optical drive module and found a tray-type BD-ROM drive which had the exact same layout as the TSST lightscribe drive so that the bezel would fit.

    Better off using an external.
     
    AlexF, Feb 4, 2008
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    matt_h1, Feb 4, 2008
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