The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    M6Ne optical drives

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Treylok, Sep 10, 2004.

  1. Treylok

    Treylok Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hello all,
    I am in the market to buy a new laptop and had a few questions about building my own:

    1) Can I put pretty much any laptop optical drive in the M6Ne like this one:
    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-130-026&depa=0

    or do I have to buy the one specifically for the M6Ne?

    2) Do any other manufactures sell barebone laptops? I would definately go w/ Asus, but the one problem I have is the limited selection of screen resolutions and wide screen availability. My Ideal system would be 15.4 inches and have a 1600x1050 resolution or WSXGA+(i think). Are ther any other option or do u think the 1400 x 1050 is good. I will be doing software development and like to have as much screen real estate as possible.

    3) If these are the only resolutions I can have , which would give me more real estate the M6Ne (15.1 inches 1400 x 1050 res) or (15.4 inches with 1280 x 800)


    Thanks a lot for your time,
    Trey
     
    Treylok, Sep 10, 2004
    #1
  2. highlandsun

    highlandsun Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    66
    Messages:
    615
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    31
    1) using generic drives can be a problem. it's best to use the Asus drive because others may not actually fit the drive bay.

    2) I love the 1400x1050 display. I work on code all day long, this display is great.

    3) which do you suppose has more pixels?

    old: Sony PCG-GR300P 1.13GHz PIII-M, 512MB
    new: Asus M6Ne 2.00GHz P-M, 2GB
     
    highlandsun, Sep 10, 2004
    #2
  3. Venombite

    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    126
    Messages:
    3,532
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    I personally don't think there will be any problem fitting into the bay. Most drives in the market now are designed to similar dimensions. They may vary slightly in the depth, but width & height are usually the same.

    If you already have an Asus optical drive for this unit and just want to change to a DVD +/- capable drive, then it should be fine. But if you don't have one and need one, it's best to go for the Asus drive. The reason is because the Asus drive should come with all the mounting hardware to allow it to fit the Asus unit. The Toshiba drive you listed, is just the drive, not hardware/adapters.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Sep 10, 2004
    #3
  4. Treylok

    Treylok Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Thanks a lot for the input, One last question. Are the Asus notebooks overclockable?
     
    Treylok, Sep 11, 2004
    #4
  5. Venombite

    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    126
    Messages:
    3,532
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    I believe there's s/w out there to overclock CPU's, but you have to be careful. Overclock to much and you risk the chance of frying your system and not being able to get it repaired under warranty. Also, if you're cooling systems fails, same problem.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Sep 11, 2004
    #5
  6. ruroni

    ruroni Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Where can an ASUS drive (for m6n series) be purchased?
     
    ruroni, Oct 14, 2004
    #6