Studio XPS 1640 cannot read PS3 Blu-ray disc

I have a Studio XPS 1640 with Blu-ray drive. As I don't have any Blu-ray movie disc with me at the moment, I tried putting several PS3 BD game discs into my 1640's blu-ray drive, but none of them can be read by the drive (when I try to explore the drive with Explorer/My Computer).

So I'm wondering whether:

a. My blu-ray drive is broken; or
b. This is normal. Blu-ray cannot be read within Windows Explorer like DVD.
c. Has something to do with region locking?

Thanks.



EDIT: My blu-ray drive can read CD or DVD just fine.

 

If you are trying to read a PS3 game disc, it definitely will not work. Those use their own file format most likely.

 

I was about to say the same thing. I just tried it to be 100% sure and it does not read PS3 discs even though Blu-ray obviously works.

 

wait why are you trying to run ps3 games on your laptop?

it's kinda obvious its not going to read...

 

F!nn, I'm not trying to run the PS3 game on my laptop.

I'm just trying to check if my Blu-ray drive can read a blu-ray disc. I'm kinda expecting that at least the drive would be able to display files within the blu-ray disc using My Computer/Windows Explorer.

Anyway, I noticed that I have two disc drives in My Computer. One BD drive, and one with HD DVD icon. Weird.

 

Well, I've never seen a PC be able to directly read a CD or DVD that was meant for a gaming console without hacking programs. You need to find another way to verify your BD drive works, time to get that movie you need!

 

That's what I did -- went to Costco and bought the Dark Knight Blueray on the cheap.

 

Well, I was having issues with my Studio XPS 1640 seeing BluRay's as well. PowerDVD crashed when I ran the update and I didn't receive the disk when it was shipped to me. After Dell support telling me I had to pay $69 to have my 3 day old laptop fixed, and convincing them I didn't, they shipped the disk. I reinstalled it last night and put a BluRay in. It recognized it and started up but it would not let me click on the menu to play the disk. I then decided to try to run the update again as I had denied it after reinstall. My computer completely locked up. After 10 minutes I did a cold shut down and tried to restart to no avail. I tried booting to safe mode the one time it actually gave me the option and it just hung. I then tried to reformat with the CD but it would hang as well. Finally after an hour and a half on the phone with Dell, my hard drive is bad. Apparently there is a conflict with Power DVD 8.1 and Vista 64bit. I have a new HDD on the way and a Dell technician is coming to install it. Make sure you aren't having the same issues.

 

BluRay technology is still new, and x64 is still new..

put those two together, u get an explosion

try getting BluRay to work in Vista Media Center (VMC is usually stable..)

eg http://digg.com/microsoft/Integrating_Blu_ray_HD_DVD_playback_in_Vista_Media_Center

 

I agree. I just wish they might have figured some of this stuff out before they started shipping them out. I'd have waited an extra couple of weeks. Other than that, I love this laptop. I'm still getting used to Vista as I swore it off like the plague for the last few years, but the machine itself is badass.