blu ray for asus pro71sr

Hi was wondering if a sony BD-ROM BC-5500S would be compatable with the asus pro71sr laptop?

the standed drive thats in there at the moment is a mata dvd-ram uj-860s which is ata serial

 

As long as the laptop supports 12.7 mm optical disks it should work. You will need additional software to play Blu-ray movies.

Cheers,

 

ok no worries thanks i will take the drive out and have a look
and how can i find out it if supports 12.7mm optical disk?

 

I couldn't find the full specs on your existing mata drive. Obviously if it's 12.7 you're good. If you remove the drive just measure it's thickness. 12.7mm is approx. 1/2 inch.

Cheers,

 

no worries panzer thanks for your help the drive is actually a mata uj-860s
i tried correcting the spelling on the other post but couldnt anyway that is the current drive i have in it

 

for some reason its not letting me type that word so i'll space it out and hope it works this time m.a.t.s.h.i.t.a

 

Yep, comes up as 12.7mm so you will be fine. I don't know your laptop but if it's easy to remove you can replace it with a Blu-ray drive.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/480812-cheap-bluray-drive-our-asus-laptops.html

Here's a link that has a couple of ebay searches for inexpensive BR drives.

Cheers,

 

thanks for your help panzer i really appreciate it