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    How do I find out if my Sony RC210G will support a sata bluray drive?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by led20719, Jun 22, 2011.

  1. led20719

    led20719 Notebook Enthusiast

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    My desktop from 2006 is a Sony RC210G, which has sata HDD but IDE DVD drives. Can I install a bluray drive into the ports deigned for HDD? I heard some had problems doing this.

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    led20719, Jun 22, 2011
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    This should be posted in the desktop forum. However, to quickly answer your question, just plug it into a SATA port instead, you don't need to use a hard disk to use SATA, it's all the same.
     
    funky monk, Jun 23, 2011
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    In case BD playback is intended, I'd strongly advise to run Cyberlink's BD advisor software in order to find out what other requirements need to be met also.

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    michael_recycled, Jun 23, 2011
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