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    P500 Optical Drive Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by 4MiSkyPilot, Jun 10, 2010.

  1. 4MiSkyPilot

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    Hello everyone, I am a new member here and am seeking some advice. I'm currently in the order process for my Toshiba Satellite P500-ST6844 and am not totally happy with the choices of optical drive. :( Can anyone advise me on the best compatible Blu-ray drive upgrade. I'm looking at a Brand New Panasonic Matsua UJ-220 Blu-ray Burner DVD ±RW Dual Layer CD-RW RAM Drive Tray Loading Panasonic part # UJ-220 2X BD-RE Writing, 2X BD-R Writing, 1X BD-RE DL Writing, 1X BD-R DL Writing, 5X DVD-RAM Writing, 8X DVD-R Writing, 2X DVD-R DL Writing, 4X DVD-RW Writing, 8X +R Writing, 2.4X +R DL Writing, 4X +RW Writing, 8X CD- R Writing, 8X CD- RW Writing. PATA128 mm x 129 mm x 12.7 mm (W x D x H)
    That's quite a mouthfull, huh? I thought I'd post the capabilities I'm searching for to better outline my optical drive desires. Many thanks in advance to anyone who could assist me. :)
     
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    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Blu-ray and PATA interface won't give you much choice.

    Notebook burners have been migrating the the SATA interface over the past couple of years.

    John
     
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    Doh! Thanks John re: PATA vs SATA. Your information got me headed in the right direction in my search for an upgrade! I'm now looking at the Panasonic UJ-240. I could care less about the OEM's units Labelflash, what I'm after is that Blu-ray 50gb storage capacity... And of course ~ I feel the "Need for speed".
     
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    I'm a little confused about whether you need PATA or SATA. You had mentioned PATA in your first post but the P500 looks to be a new model and most likely uses SATA.

    What is the model of your current optical drive (device manager will list it)? Then Google for the specifications.

    John
     
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    Re: the P500 it's hopefully being built as we speak. I agree, being new and all one would expect it to be a SATA. Once that bad boy arrives (yes, the wait is killin' me) I'm going to dive into the upgrades.
     
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