Bluray Drvie for XP8910

On the XPS 8910 parts page I see =
PVM4X BD-RE,6X,SATA,9.5T,BU40N,HLDS (Hitachi LG Data Storage)

But it is not available from Dell Spare Parts. Any 9.5mm slot drive with sata port would work.

Read through the XPS 8910 Service Manual. Then remove the current slot drive, pages 66-69. Then take the drive to a local store and purchase a bluray drive that matches the size and ports.

Thanks Chris for your reply.

Are you able to confirm the Panasonic UJ-265 will be fine?

Regards

Confirm would imply that we had tested the Panasonic UJ-265, which we have not. It appears to be the correct form factor (slot-load) and sata connection. In theory, it should work.

Cavaliar....I'm facing the same problem/dilemma.  I was able to get the part number referenced above (pvm4x) from the online chat after a bit of prodding.  my concern is the face of the drive.  will the model you referenced accept the plastic faceplate that comes with the XPS 8910 native DVD drive?

As stated above, any drive that is the right size will fit, but I'd prefer to get one that retains the clean front of the new tower.  If you go with the one you've identified, would you mind sharing how it works with the XPS faceplate?

Hi MDQCC,

I've fitted the new one. You can take off the bezel from the old and transfer it over and it looks clean. There are a couple of issues:

1) I could not get the BD-drive to click into place so I can be pulled out form the front. (which isn't a bad thing)

2) the PC recognised the drive was there but could not get it to work even though the driver should be a generic one. In device manager you can see it and it says that it is enabled an working fine. The drive also open and accepts a disk. The issue is it doesn't read it. Ive tried several bluray disks

Yes it was a bluray movie and I do have cyberlink installed with power dvd. I did get it to recognise the movie a couple of times but kept of freezing before it could play it. I could here the drive whirring away but not achieving anything. I had to restart several times as task manager couldn't kill the session. Istarted looking for a specific driver, couldn't find it easily. It was sold as a generic model and no specific driver needed (On Amazon).

Lost patience and it is now in a package with a returns label on it!

Dell are a let down, they came back with an offer of a refurbished unit and insisted on installing for £200.  A new one would have cost a lot less.

Rip off!

Are these data discs or blue-ray video movie discs?  Windows has no native Blue-Ray support - you must use a software suite such as CyberLink's PowerDVD or a similar suite to read video/movie discs.

Thanks

Blu-ray player also can help you ,especially the charged one is of good use.I have used f2f soft blu-ray player for a whole year.