OH
ok well that changes things........
any chance u can check the optical drive? they must be 9.5mm drives still..
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OH
ok well that changes things........
any chance u can check the optical drive? they must be 9.5mm drives still..
no it would seem not now
optical drive wise it will not fit for sure, the slot on the 12.7mm optical drive will not line up with the slot of the 9mm drive.
there is no was around this that i know of, sorry
ok yup i thought it was an odd thing for them to change. looks like BR isnt possible yet unless its external!
I was planning on buying an external one. Im just not sure if I should go with a burner or not?
looks like you will have to im afraid.. at least it will be cheaper! what sort of things will you want to be doing with it?
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Panasonic-Blu-ra...DrivesQ5fStorageQ5fInternalQQsalenotsupported
apparently this one will work....but i dont think it would.
my bad...ide...definitly wont work!
apparently this one will work....but i dont think it would.
my bad...ide...definitly wont work!
nope, its 12.7mm.. wont work... maybe in the 17" old MBPs though?
its IDE aswell!!
yea i noticed that right after i posted.
but im thinking i may locate a 12.7mm sata one and try it in my 17"
but im thinking i may locate a 12.7mm sata one and try it in my 17"
could be worth a try!! if not just sell it on ebay for more then what u paid for it haha
whoa,
http://cgi.ebay.ca/SATA-Blu-Ray-Pla...pAccessoriesQ5fLaptopDrivesQQsalenotsupported
this one has a very good chance of working, looks almost perfect for alignment...the height would be the only issue...which i think is fine.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/SATA-Blu-Ray-Pla...pAccessoriesQ5fLaptopDrivesQQsalenotsupported
this one has a very good chance of working, looks almost perfect for alignment...the height would be the only issue...which i think is fine.
well, it finally arrived!!!
i purchased it off ebay (here). i have yet to install it, but i am hoping that i will be able to thursday night after uni
i will post results, i measured it and it looks to be the correct height! (yay)
here is a crappy phone picture.
nice, gonna have to do somthing about the plastic on the front though.
start cutting....lol
well this is RATHER annoying!!!!
trying to replace the optical drive, everything fits ok.. but the connector does not! it has some sort of optical drive interface - and the caddy has a sata interface. what do i do?!?!
trying to replace the optical drive, everything fits ok.. but the connector does not! it has some sort of optical drive interface - and the caddy has a sata interface. what do i do?!?!
it would seem so... is this connector pata?? i have never come acros it b4
my HDD is sata so i assumed the optical drive would be similar.. (left is from MBP)
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right, so it would seem that my purchase was completely IDIOTIC. right??
i doubt there are any PATA->SATA converters of this type..
yes it did, i was under the impression that my optical drive had a sata interface too. clearly not.
so i guess my choices are this:
1. re-sell it on ebay
2. chuck it in the bin
i believe there are no PATA caddies anywhere, apart from the "real" opti-bay, is correct? ebay didn't return any results for me