Panasonic Blu-Ray Slim Drive (laptop) Compatibility - Club CDFreaks

Chick_Hearn · 22-08-2007

Hello. I own an Asus z70va notebook (fits 12.7mm drives). My question is for Asus notebook owners (and all notebook owners in general).

How many people have successfully upgraded their notebook optical drives to a Panasonic Blu-Ray (UJ-210, UJ-215, UJ-220, etc)? Were there any bios/firmware issues regarding drive detection? What about connectors...did you need an adapter of some sort?

Has anybody had problems fitting Panasonic drives (any) into Asus notebooks? The reason I ask is because the connectors do seem different and I wonder if any adapters/attachments are available to help solve any potential issues.

Thanks for your help.

**zevia** · 22-08-2007

The Panasonic UJ-210, UJ-215 and UJ-225 use the standard IDE/ATAPI interface for laptop so you should be fine.

Chick_Hearn · 22-08-2007

Zevia, thx for your input. I sent you a PM with further details.

I'm sure others have come across problems with 12.7mm drive compatibility. So if you have a modular bay specifically designed for 12.7mm drives, not all of them will actually fit.

Maybe this isn't the correct forum to be discussing this, but I felt this was the best place to find blu-ray users. Plus there could be bios/firmware issues as well (in the event, unlikely imho, that your notebook doesn't recognise the drive).

Thx

Chick_Hearn · 26-10-2007

Well this problem has been more complex than I originally thought. I guess a good solution is to find a blu-ray slim drive and make it into an USB 2.0 (or firewire) external drive instead.

I've never owned an external writer for laptops (USB or firewire). How much of a drop-off in performance/reliability can I expect (if any)? Thx! :-)

**zevia** · 26-10-2007

In my experience with laptop drives, the bare drive itself should be all the same but for some laptops, their fittings to hold the drive could be different. You can try to take apart the fittings from the original drive in your Asus notebook and try it with your friend's UJDA750 drive. Let us know how it goes.

Regarding external cases, performance will depends on the case's chipset and your laptop specs. I see that your Asus is using Pentium M processor. I believe a minimum of Core Duo or higher and a good graphic card is needed to get full use of blu-ray playback, unless you need the blu-ray slim drive for data storage only.

Did you already purchase the slim drive?

22-08-2007	#1 (permalink)
Chick_Hearn CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 75	Panasonic Blu-Ray Slim Drive (laptop) Compatibility <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Hello. I own an Asus z70va notebook (fits 12.7mm drives). My question is for Asus notebook owners (and all notebook owners in general). How many people have successfully upgraded their notebook optical drives to a Panasonic Blu-Ray (UJ-210, UJ-215, UJ-220, etc)? Were there any bios/firmware issues regarding drive detection? What about connectors...did you need an adapter of some sort? Has anybody had problems fitting Panasonic drives (any) into Asus notebooks? The reason I ask is because the connectors do seem different and I wonder if any adapters/attachments are available to help solve any potential issues. Thanks for your help. __________________ "The ballgame is in the Admiral Refrigerator. The door's closed, the light's out, the eggs are coolin, the butter's getting hard, and the Jell-O's jigglin!!"

22-08-2007	#2 (permalink)
zevia Admin & Review Coordinator N.America Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: USA Posts: 9,376	Re: Panasonic Blu-Ray Slim Drive (laptop) Compatibility The Panasonic UJ-210, UJ-215 and UJ-225 use the standard IDE/ATAPI interface for laptop so you should be fine. __________________ Click here to join CDFreaks.com Join CDFreaks Distributed Computing Team, have fun while helping to save some lives! My review PC & Specs & Media Blu-ray to DVD guide Forum Rules \| Blu-ray UDF Driver BenQ/Philips FAQ and tools: BQFlasher, MCSE, WOPC Tool, WinDWFlash LG GGW-H10N Blu-ray/HD-DVD \| LG GBW-H10N Blu-ray \| Panasonic SW-5582 Blu-ray

22-08-2007	#3 (permalink)
Chick_Hearn CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 75	Re: Panasonic Blu-Ray Slim Drive (laptop) Compatibility Zevia, thx for your input. I sent you a PM with further details. I'm sure others have come across problems with 12.7mm drive compatibility. So if you have a modular bay specifically designed for 12.7mm drives, not all of them will actually fit. Maybe this isn't the correct forum to be discussing this, but I felt this was the best place to find blu-ray users. Plus there could be bios/firmware issues as well (in the event, unlikely imho, that your notebook doesn't recognise the drive). Thx __________________ "The ballgame is in the Admiral Refrigerator. The door's closed, the light's out, the eggs are coolin, the butter's getting hard, and the Jell-O's jigglin!!"

26-10-2007	#4 (permalink)
Chick_Hearn CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 75	Re: Panasonic Blu-Ray Slim Drive (laptop) Compatibility Well this problem has been more complex than I originally thought. I guess a good solution is to find a blu-ray slim drive and make it into an USB 2.0 (or firewire) external drive instead. I've never owned an external writer for laptops (USB or firewire). How much of a drop-off in performance/reliability can I expect (if any)? Thx! :-) __________________ "The ballgame is in the Admiral Refrigerator. The door's closed, the light's out, the eggs are coolin, the butter's getting hard, and the Jell-O's jigglin!!"

26-10-2007	#5 (permalink)
zevia Admin & Review Coordinator N.America Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: USA Posts: 9,376	Re: Panasonic Blu-Ray Slim Drive (laptop) Compatibility In my experience with laptop drives, the bare drive itself should be all the same but for some laptops, their fittings to hold the drive could be different. You can try to take apart the fittings from the original drive in your Asus notebook and try it with your friend's UJDA750 drive. Let us know how it goes. Regarding external cases, performance will depends on the case's chipset and your laptop specs. I see that your Asus is using Pentium M processor. I believe a minimum of Core Duo or higher and a good graphic card is needed to get full use of blu-ray playback, unless you need the blu-ray slim drive for data storage only. Did you already purchase the slim drive? __________________ Click here to join CDFreaks.com Join CDFreaks Distributed Computing Team, have fun while helping to save some lives! My review PC & Specs & Media Blu-ray to DVD guide Forum Rules \| Blu-ray UDF Driver BenQ/Philips FAQ and tools: BQFlasher, MCSE, WOPC Tool, WinDWFlash LG GGW-H10N Blu-ray/HD-DVD \| LG GBW-H10N Blu-ray \| Panasonic SW-5582 Blu-ray

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