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    Dell xps L502x dvd/blu ray hot swap

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sullyman86, Dec 9, 2011.

  1. sullyman86

    sullyman86 Newbie

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    Hello everyone,

    I am new to this forum, and i consider myself somewhat noob when it comes to computers. I was just wondering if i could pull the blu ray drive out of my xps l502x and sell it to my friend who has the exact same computer. Just wondering if it is a plug and play ordeal or is it more than that?
     
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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Hot swap is changing a component when the computer is running.

    You should turn the laptops off, then pull the drive out an install it in the other one.
     
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    sullyman86 Newbie

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    sorry i didn't mean i would do it while running. well i received the other 502x in today and swapped my bluray drive from my l502x for the other computers dvd drive. The dvd drive is working great on my computer but i cannot get blu ray discs to play on the other laptop. windows recognizes the drive and installed the drivers. It also recognizes the blu ray disc in the drive and i can access all of the files on the disc. just cannot get it to play with power dvd, windows media player, or media player classic. Any ideas?
     
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    sullyman86 Newbie

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    also it will play regular dvds. just not blu ray
     
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    Nick Professor Carnista

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    You need the Blu-ray software.
     
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    If you have SATA operation in AHCI, you don't need to reboot to hot swap, that's the whole point of AHCI.

    And yes you will need to purchase Blu-ray software to be able to watch it. Most laptops give you a disc for trial software. It's about 60-100 dollars.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Dec 10, 2011
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  7. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    You can rip BDs to MKV files that will play on most media players. ;)


    If you own the BD you can make a backup of it using DVDfab, then use VLC(a media player)to play it. VLC will play raw BD files using the 'open folder' option.


    @AHCI it works 90% of the time... I know when I take the DVD drive out of my m860tu I need to reboot in order for it to recognize....
     
    whitrzac, Dec 10, 2011
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  8. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Maybe your BIOS is flaky with AHCI, my E6410 would randomly BSOD on RAID or AHCI.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Dec 11, 2011
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