Hmm, 6 hours before auction end. Should I buy it? Will it work?

Hi all, I really need some help. I am interested in purchasing a Blu Ray ODD for my laptop.

its a Toshiba Equium L350 10P upgraded CPU. Its got a poor Graphics card, The X3100 and the Intel GL960 chipset

as follows

MB Brand : Intel
MB Model : Base Board Product Name
NB : Intel GL960 rev C0
SB : Intel 82801HBM (ICH8-ME) rev B1
GPU Type : Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
DirectX Version : 11.0
RAM : 2048 MB DDR2 Dual Channel
RAM Speed : 331.3 MHz (3:5) @ 5-5-5-15

here is a CPUz screen.

The auction ends in around 6 hours

its a


Sony BC-5600S SATA Blu-Ray Player Drive 8XDVD±RW?


Will it work on my specs?

 

I have been googling and all I find is old threads relating to laptops.

From what I can see I will be able to use software rendering on my laptop.

 

anyone?

Im going to bed now and I will need to set my sniper to win it.

But will I be wasting my money?

 

well,

I didn't buy it. No one would help me :cry:

I went to bed and left it. I decided I needed to investigate thouroughly before buying.

Firstly the connector on my laptop is IDE interface so I would have been screwed. The DVD drive is SATA.

But I managed to find a later connector for the MOBO to convert my connector to SATA

P/N 6046B0003302-SATA-A01



My question is still.

WILL MY GPU HANDLE THE BLU RAY DVD'S? Can I watch them in software rendering?

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, I am begging for someone to help me.

 

It will probably connect, but then the drive might not fit inside your laptop.

It won't help with video decode, but for just displaying the video the X3100 was OK at 1080p on my TV.

With a L7500 (1.6GHz) CPU and ffdshow video decoder, some 1080p video was viewable. (did not test any Blu-ray content)

You will have to use a dedicated Bluray Player software to play the video which will likely use a less efficient decoder.

If it helps, your CPU is pretty much the T7200 recommended here.

 

Thanks so much for replying.

That connector is a direct replacement for the IDE connector inside the toshiba laptops.

I have a picture of the standard Toshiba IDE connector here.

 

Oh, that looks like it would work.

 

+1


For you

 

Wait a tick. It looks like the connector that goes to the motherboard is different. The connector in the IDE motherboard has a lot more pins.

 

ahh crap.

well spotted, I only actually looked the physical fitment. Thats the same.

 

My R60 had a T7400 and blu-ray drive, and it could play 1080p video just fine, but Blu-ray playback sucked because the CPU always ran at 95-100% during playback. It had issues with choppiness and stuttering during playback. I suspect the T7300 and X3100 will be the same.

 

Aww man.

So would you recommend not buying one?

Would outputting it to TV make a difference? Basically it looks (looked) a fairly cheap portable way to have a blu ray player.