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    upgrading DVD to bluray on msi gt72

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by TheChosenOne87, Dec 7, 2015.

  1. TheChosenOne87

    TheChosenOne87 Newbie

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    Help friends I'm new here and never have upgraded anything on a computer. I just bought such an amazing machine the gt72 And I love it but I would like to be able to play my bluray on it. Can I just go onto eBay and purchase any laptop bluray drive? Is the upgrade too difficult to try on my own? Please someone help me I seen videos where they just pull the DVD drive out and put the bluray one in and that's it but there's a certain measurements I need to know don't i? Not sure if this goes here or not sorry. Thanks for any help!
     
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  2. Starlight5

    Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?

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    @TheChosenOne87 you need to purchase a blu-ray drive with the same height and loading type, i.e. 9.5mm tray-loading e.g. Panasonic UJ232A, etc. After removing the back cover, you'll need to find the screw securing optical drive and pull the old optical drive out, then move faceplate and bracket to your new optical drive, and reassemble the whole thing. This guide is bad but gives you basic idea, use it for reference on screw location.
     
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    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    Would an external BluRay drive work?

    That way, you can simply rip you BluRay movies into a file format, and forego carrying around discs altogether.
     
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    That would be the easiest way...
     
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    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes that would would but then again do you want to be carrying extra baggage? Probably no. I swapped out drives to be able to burn and it's not that hard you just have to take time doing it.
     
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    Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?

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    Having an optical drive in the machine, it is not very wise to buy an external BD drive unless topic starter is willing to replace the useless DVD drive with HDD caddy. =/
     
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