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    Can you buy an after market bluray drive for the sager 5793

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Awesome laptops, Mar 21, 2008.

  1. Awesome laptops

    Awesome laptops Notebook Evangelist

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    hello sorry if this has been done before but i couldn't find a thread so yeah. Does anyone know where you can buy either

    a) An external blu-ray drive for a sager 5793
    b) An internalfrive for a sager 5793

    any help would be great and by the way i live in australia and i wont be able to buy from USA or anywhere else for that matter
     
    Awesome laptops, Mar 21, 2008
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  2. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    If you are getting one from Xoticpc or one of the retailers, you can specify that you want a BD drive. Email them. They should be able to get you what you want.
     
    dtwn, Mar 21, 2008
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    cant buy from the us have to buy from aus
     
    Awesome laptops, Mar 22, 2008
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    I am not sure but optical drives should be all in a standard size and thus should fit into the Sager or any laptop. You could basically get any laptop-blu-ray drive and fit it into the Sager imho.

    If I am mistaken, please correct me...

    Paendrag
     
    Paendrag, Mar 22, 2008
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    yes, most optical notebook drives are standard having the same IC.

    you can contact the vendor to see which model they sell or have available to them.... then go purchase it elsewhere for a better price if you can find it.
     
    Gophn, Mar 22, 2008
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    I was wondering the same thing. I am also looking for a laptop with a blue ray drive, but I am waiting for the price of a Blu Ray burner to come down to $200 or $300 (they are $400 - $500 now). So I intend to configure Clevo 570tu when they are released. The main reason I am waiting is for the HDMI port and as a secondary reason, maybe the Blu Ray burner will drop down to my price range. Is changing a optical drive in a laptop something anyone can do? I am located in the USA which online retailers would offer laptop parts?
     
    mattbrax19, Mar 22, 2008
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    but is it possible to buy a normal desktop one and make an external drive from it?
     
    Awesome laptops, Mar 22, 2008
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    they have them on ebay for 200 --350 for a 2x bd dual layer burner BD drive.

    I have 2
     
    dexgo, Mar 22, 2008
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    is this on the australian ebay? and are they external
     
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    you can make any drive external. just get an enclosure.

    for like 20 bux. slimline or regular.

    the slimline work just over usb for power and the regular need external adapters.

    I have 2 slimlines.
     
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    thanks for the help one more question can you use an external hdd enclosure?
     
    Awesome laptops, Mar 23, 2008
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