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    Blu-ray playback on Dell XPS M1730

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by walpurgisnacht, Jun 19, 2009.

  1. walpurgisnacht

    walpurgisnacht Newbie

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    Greetings,

    I have an m1730 with a T8100 CPU, 4GB RAM, and a 250GB 7200RPM HD. I just upgraded the DVD drive with a UJ-120 blu-ray drive and it's not working well. I get severe stuttering, in both video and audio. Playback is smooth until the drive kicks in, which leads me to believe it's not reading blu-ray disk or not transferring data fast enough. I did see some posts about not being able to enable DMA for this drive but if this is by design, then this drive would be unusable on my model. I'm using PowerDVD 9 for playback.

    Has anyone had any luck with the UJ-120 on this laptop? Any insight will be greatly appreciated.

    Vadim
     
    walpurgisnacht, Jun 19, 2009
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  2. hankaaron57

    hankaaron57 Go BIG or go HOME

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    Is there a firmware update somewhere?
     
    hankaaron57, Jun 21, 2009
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    dr_korb Notebook Consultant

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    Are you watching a Blu-ray or DVD?
     
    dr_korb, Jun 22, 2009
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  4. walpurgisnacht

    walpurgisnacht Newbie

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    Unfortunately, there don't seem to be any firmware updates for this drive, or none that I could find.

    I'm at a point of buying an external USB enclosure for this thing. There's some rumor that it works on USB but not IDE interface. I wish I could find something indicating a compatibility issue with this laptop so I would know what angle to take.
     
    walpurgisnacht, Jun 22, 2009
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  5. walpurgisnacht

    walpurgisnacht Newbie

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    I tried to watch both. Blu-ray is unwatchable. The regular DVD is watchable but barely. This suggests either a bad drive or a compatibility problem.
     
    walpurgisnacht, Jun 22, 2009
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    wasupdog Notebook Consultant

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    was there dell oem driver software from dell's support site that you installed to get the blu-ray playback to work? i don't suppose the drive came with software?
     
    wasupdog, Jun 22, 2009
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  7. walpurgisnacht

    walpurgisnacht Newbie

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    It didn't come with software but I'm using Power DVD 9.
     
    walpurgisnacht, Jun 22, 2009
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