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So, I am building a NAS that I'm going to use for storing DVD's and the like. I'm picking out an optical drive and PC part picker is using a weird format I don't understand and would love someone to explain. Additionally, I was wondering about checking the compatibility of the optical drive with the case. Attached are screenshots of the format they are using, under the categories; BD, DVD, CD, BD Write, DVD Write, and CD Write. I just need help understanding what the numbers mean, and how to see the size. My case is the Fractal Design Core 500. Third photo attached is the continuation of the pc part picker page of the case.
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I connected the bigger slot to my motherboard with a sata cable, and that's all I got. I have a power cable too but it doesn't seem to fit either slot. Any idea? The drive is from a laptop. Do they have some different power cable standard?
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I am planning a build to recycle an outdated gaming rig into a home theater system. Hard requirements for the build would be: 4k blu-ray playback Utilizing an ATX motherboard with a discrete graphics card. Horizontal installation I'm looking for a blu-ray drive that doesn't have a tray so it won't be a pain to use on its side. I haven't been able to find an atx case designed to lay on its side nor have I found a trayless blu-ray drive. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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I've been looking and wondering if there are any PC cases for ATX formfactor witch have a bottom optical drive bay? With the many people having their PCs on their desks and it being pretty common that PC cases with glass pannels have a cover for the bottom part to hide the power suply and sometimes some storage drives it would be not far off to also place there the slot for an optical drive. Even though I have not seen or found anyone else asking this question, I am definitely not the only one looking for a nice case which also has space for optical drives. I have considered just going without but for that we still use too many CDs and DVDs and an external solution is just not the same. I also don't have the capacity to mod an existing case or build one from scratch, there are too many negatives coupled to this, at least for me. Edit: My question also includes cases which are modular enough to tweak the insides a bit and perhaps just turn the front panel upside down so it could fit a bottom optical drive.
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Good Afternoon and Happy Monday Pt. 3! Does Dell still make any Latitude notebooks with optical drives? Working on a bid for a customer, but can't find anything from Dell. Wanted to do an idiot check. Thanks in advance!
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I've been trying to build myself a HTPC for my bedroom for a couple of months now. I built a system with a Ryzen 3200G and a Gigabyte DS3H Wifi MicroAtx board, but it wouldn't post. I decided to order a second DS3H Wifi board ($89 for a B450 w/integrated WiFi seemed like a really good deal), an Athlon processor, and additional memory. Because of the way shipping was delayed, by the time I identified the first board was the issue it was too late to return it so I had to send it to Gigabyte for warranty service. In the meantime, I built the system with the second board and it worked fine. I built it in a Deepcool Matrexx 30 case (with a tempered glass side panel and only $35 on Amazon) I even threw in a bluray drive I had sitting on a shelf because I have lots of DVDs and blurays acquired when they were a thing. But then my sister bought a house and I decided to build her a PC as a housewarming present. But I decided not to wait for the 1st board to be returned and took the board out of the PC I had just built. Her PC came out really nice. I thought about buying another board but pricing and availability been crazy lately. But then I saw Micro Center had an Asrock B550m Pro4 MATX board for $114. I picked it up yesterday and today I rebuilt my PC with it. Oh and I had put the 3200G in the PC for my sister and I upgraded to a 3400G. I had left the power cables in place for cable management. The weird thing was I had to remove them because the new board, also Micro ATX, was wider and covered more of the cable management openings. But I plugged in all the cables. I had removed the screws holding the optical drive in place so I could move it forward to make it easier to fit the board in the case. But when I went to push it back into place I discovered it blocked by the 24 pin connector. Shows what I know. The DS3H is 9.6" X 8.5" but Micro ATX can be as large as 9.6" X 9.6". So I guess my choices are to forget the optical drive, buy a larger case, or replace the B550 with the B450 if and when I ever get it back. Or I suppose I can just have the drive stick out 1.1"... If mistakes are the best way to learn I will soon be an expert. Thanks for listening guys. I just felt like venting.
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Hi everyone, Does anyone know if I could use any USB to SATA cord for both powering and data transfer for an optical drive. When I look at descriptions of USB to SATA products, it only mentions SSD/HDD. There is an example... https://www.mwave.com.au/product/simplecom-sa201-usb-30-to-sata-external-adapter-cable-converter-ac07099 They all seem to mention they support SATA I/II/III. I think optical drives just use SATA I
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Hello all, I am working on a tower for my uncle, it seems that there was a issue with the display being that it had none. No display from the Graphics card (GTX 750 TI). After cleaning the inside of the case so there wasn't so much dust in it I began to attempt problem solving the issue. I was able to find the manual for the motherboard online at ASUS. I promptly unplugged the power supply from the motherboard and all cards in the computer, as well as the HDD and optical drive. I removed all cards from the PCI slots, and disconnected all plugs from the case that connect to the motherboard. I then removed the motherboard from the case after making sure my ESD protector was connected properly. After which I removed the ram and cleaned the pins as per instructions. I cleaned out the rest of the case. I checked the power supply with a 24 pin power supply tester, everything had the appropriate values. At this point I connected the power supply to the motherboard and reconnected the power button from the case to the motherboard. I put one stick of ram (240 pin 2 GB DDR3) back in and connected a monitor to the motherboard directly with a VGA cable, I connected the HDD to the motherboard following this. I turned on the power supply and the motherboard came back with a green light. I pressed the power button, the fan for the heat sink turned on and the HDD made its usual sounds. Though I still had no video, so I turned the computer off. I then tried changing the Bios battery to a fresh one and turned the computer back on, still no video output. My next step was to reset the CMOS, this fixed the video issue and the screen started to display. This is where I'm stuck though. When the monitor turned on it was displaying Going back to the ASUS website I found the BIOS and downloaded it. I put the BIOS ROM onto a fresh toshiba 32gb USB drive that was formatted to FAT32 and connected it to the computer. When the computer loaded up back to the Boot Lock screen it recognized that there was a USB drive connected and attempted to read the file which was named "CG5270.ROM". The BIOS Recovery program was unable to find the file on the USB though it was named correctly. After this I burned the file to a CD and then attempted to recover in that mannor but the computer also didn't recognize that the file was on the CD. So my question is, am I doing something wrong with the file when I put it on the USB or burn it to a CD? I have tried putting in a different piece of RAM which I know works, I changed the power supply though I know it works to another that I also know works, I changed the CPU to a known working one. I'm not sure what else to do.
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Hello, BLUF: I am in need of an internal optical drive that is has HDR UHD capability, and would like help if you know of some drives that are suitable. Body: I am a fan of HTPCs that replace most of the entertainment center to include consoles and BR players, i have one that i made a few years back however my drive is not UHD HDR capable, i was looking to upgrade it while also building HTPCs for my brother and his friend to move into the PC gaming world from console. They have both also requested optical drives capable of UHD HDR formats and playback. However, I have only found 2 internal drives on the market that seems to have both capabilities Pioneer (BDR-212UBK), Pioneer BDR-212UBK and the Pioneer (BDR-211UBK) Pioneer BDR-211UBK. The BDR-211UBK is an outdated drive and found it on amazon, but the description is written strangely, in bold writing it says "Ultra HD Blu-ray is supported only if a display is powered by Intel Graphics and supports HDCP 2.2. If your computer includes more than one graphics processor, Ultra HD Blu-ray is supported only on the display that is connected and powered by Intel Graphics." Does this mean i can't use a graphics card like a 2070 for the display output to use the drive for BD playback???? Or does it mean that i just can't have a Intel CPU without integrated graphics like a I5-9600KF, but am able to use a graphics card as long as the CPU has integrated graphics? I don't see how that would be an issue. I know that everything needs to be capable of it down the line to the monitor or TV, even now my graphics card and Pioneer ELITE receiver are HDCP capable... (refer to attached image) in both of these drives too, the only mention of HDR is it saying that if you have a non HDR display media will be output as SDR and they do not simply advertise the HDR capability. very confusing... Please help.. I was curious if anyone had any other models, options or any luck with using these drives and could elaborate on the requirements for HDR UHD playback on PC? TLDR: I need to upgrade my BLU-RAY drive in my HTPC and build 2 HTPCs for other people with HDR UHD capable BLU-RAY optical drives. However, i am unsure about the system requirements for a drive i found that may work and found another drive that may work but it doesn't state it is HDR capable, it only mentions that HDR media will be converted to SDR media if connected to a non HDR display. i'm looking for insight, and suggestions as well as other options for drives.
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Hey All,I have several DVDs and Blu-Ray movies that I don't use much anymore. Mainly due to the fact that I don't have an optical drive and it's pretty inconvenient.I've done research and I heard handbrake is able to copy the media from DVDs/Blu-Ray. The video I watched is linked at the bottom.I have empty bays in my computer case and I thought why not.I just don't know which optical drive is best. Any suggestions?Here is my case: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8bbp99/nzxt-case-caph820w1Here is my motherboard: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3XvZxr/asus-motherboard-z170deluxeI'm running Windows 10.Thank you in advance!
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Hey, I am going to buy an optical blu-ray drive from someone. I don't have an optical drive port in my pc case (MasterBox Lite 5 RGB) and wanted to use the blu-ray drive externally to rip my personal blu-rays. The power and data connection seem to be a standard 15pin sata connection (see picture). Would I be able to use an adapter (see picture) like this to use the drive externally? Please let me know what I would need to use this optical drive externally (via USB). Thanks!
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Hi, I have an optical drive (i know its obsolete but its handy the 2 times I need it..) that I have two questions? problems? issues? with. the first is that it is mounted with a tool-less design and if I don't have a finger or something else pressing on the optical drive it vibrates moar than the fans on the mac pro g5 scream. the second question, I want to burn a DVD and give to a friend with a game on it but it only takes up half-ish of the DVD so if I could fill the rest up with mods for the game or something like that (this is hard to xplain ) is there a way to do that? any help and tips would be appreciated btw why is there not an (almost said subreddit but that is not what it is called on ltt.com btw you (yes you Mr Sebastian) should add ltt.com to redirect to linustechtips.com) for optical drives?
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hey guys, quick question, i want to buy a new case, but it doesnt support an interal optical drive.. what i have to buy in order to use my internal drive on the outside? like usb to sata? but what about the power cable? does the usb to sata bottleneck the drive read speed? thanks!
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I haven't really seen any modern gaming rigs to be using an optical drive, mine included. Many cases just don't support them anymore, why is that? I had been thinking of just hooking up one to my motherboard and letting it sit on top of my case, any ideas/alternatives?
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So i am looking for a blu ray player that is thinner than the 5.25' standard external bay and it must be shorter than 6.2' length wise, , must be sata, and also it must be motorized. why? for a ps2 pc conversion of course. i want to replace the original hard drive with a blu ray one (i will settle for dvd if no thin blu ray drives exist), however most drives are 5.25 in. and that is simply too big for the ps2. anyone know of a drive like this or know where to look? (other than newegg or amazon ofc)
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I'm probably not the brightest for asking this, but I'm doing it anyways. I've retired my old Dell latitude (E4310) for an I5 7577. While I was parting it out for another system I read on the optical drive "Designed by Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology". Can anyone explain this? (under the date to the right of the bar code)
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I have a HP Notebook which I recently converted from 2.5" HDD to SSD. Nice!!! Fast!!! 1-TB SSD was a major improvement however I just learned of the hard drive caddy adapter that replaces the rarely used optical drive with a second HDD or SSD and there lies the issue. My thought is if one SSD is good, a second SSD for non-essential folders (Music, Photos, Videos) would be better and keep notebook PC operating lightening speed. The problem, which type of 2.5" 7mm drive is actually better when used in a caddy adapter in optical drive port? I heard somewhere that an HDD is better as the optical drive is slower which I don't understand as it is fed by a SATA cable just as the main computer drive is operated with. Is there any benefit of HDD or SSD when used as second drive via optical port with a drive caddy adapter? My HP Notebook originally was built with a Seagate 2.5" 7mm 512GB HDD which I just upgraded to a WD 2.5" 7mm 1-TB SSD which made a world of difference. However by the time I synced my Home PC files and folders to the Notebook, I'm already back down to less than 500GB on the new SSD. So I want to use the hard drive caddy adapter with a second drive and move bulky folders to second drive and dedicate primary drive to Notebook for high performance yet maintain all the files and folders from my Home PC in my Notebook while on the road. I need access to the same files and folders whether I am at home or on-the-road for days at a time. I just need to know for a Notebook in mobile use, would it be better to use a HDD 1-TB as the second drive or can I use and benefit from a second SSD 1-TB (or higher) drive? What is this craziness about the optical drive port operating at slower speed? In addition to upgrading Notebook from HDD to SSD, I also upgraded RAM from 6GB to max 12GB which I feel really benefited the Notebook as it now rivals the speed of my Home PC. Now I have the Notebook I've always dreamed of.
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Hi, so I've had a big problem with my PC without a real solution... I'm a person who uses SD cards and Micro SD cards alot, so I'd like to put a multi-purpose card read in the spare optical drive 3.25" bay in the front of my PC, I've found some that can go into a HDD 3.5" Bay (why would you want a card reader inside your PC?) but no luck with what I'm wanting. And help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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I have a Lenovo Idealpad 110 (https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-100-series/Lenovo-IdeaPad-110-17IKB/p/88IP1000780) with only the HHD drive of 500Gb, and I want and SSD but the laptop don't have a m.2 slot and I don't want to lose the 500Gb of storatge that I already have. Thas why I thought to buy one adapter (like these: Link on Amazon) to use an SSD 2.5'' instead of the optical drive. I don't quite know if it's compatible with my laptop or if is somewhere a good idea. Would be a good way to have both drives? Wich model should I buy? Thanks for the help.
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I like to check out movies from the local library to watch them on my computer, and I need a drive for my new build. Even though they are just DVDs I figured I'd go ahead get a blu ray drive just in case for the future. Unfortunately finding in-depth information about these is pretty hard since they're so rare. Does anyone know of a good especially quiet drive? Thanks.
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I'm looking to build a new PC, and the case I've picked does not come with an optical drive slot. Would I be able to use a separately purchased disc drive that could plug into my motherboard via usb, put a windows 10 install disc into it, and boot from that? Here's the part list if needed https://pcpartpicker.com/user/HBLuke1/saved/#view=ZwKWZL
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I will build a pc but the case is not compatible with any optical drive ( i checked pcpartpicker as well ) the case is Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case and as you can see it has no place to put an opticaldrive. So i was wondering , what other way i can download windows 10 with . And also , can i use external optical drive? If yes , will this Asus DRW-24D5MT work? pcpartpicker says it needs ; '' 1 additional external 5.25" drive bay is needed. '' what is that ?
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I would like to purchase a blu-ray dvd player for my build i am planning on building later this year. i want it to b able to play blu-ray as well as regular dvd and it would not hurt if it could also could play cds. i just need a reader to play stuff i don't think i will ever need a burner/writer but i won't complain if it can do that stuff within my budget. here is a link to the case i think i am going to buy http://cougargaming.com/index_ss.php?id=368 and just in case here are the screens i am getting (3 of them) http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-24-led-qhd-gsync-monitor-black/5655614.p?skuId=5655614 i would like to keep it under $100 if possible and i am located in the united states thanks in advanced
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Hey, i was just wonder everyones thoughts on how worth it is it to include either another small ssd to a older computer that already has a 256gb one installed. i want to replace optical drive with another drive but with financial restraints i didnt know if adding either another ssd but only like a 60gb one or adding my original hdd into the optical drive would actual give any noticeable improvements, mainly im interested in what improvements people think adding a small like 60 gb ssd to a 256 gb would result in if any? thanks.