Upgrading cd/dvd drive, need help finding motherboard specs.

[fansrus]

Hello,

My cd drive doesn't open and I'm looking to upgrade it, because for whatever reason when I had my friend build it ~2 1/2 years ago I didn't get a dvd/cd combo.

I'm trying to figure out whether my motherboard is combatible with a blue ray drive, but when I pull up dxdiag system model just displays system product name. And of course I have no idea where any of my manuals are.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[jay_nar2012]

What is your computer model and what blueray drive are you looking at?

CD/DVD drives can be installed on any system providing they have the right connections.

 

[fansrus]

I don't have a specific blueray drive that I'm looking at yet. I just did a quick search on newegg and am mostly looking to see if my motherboard is even compatible.

As far as model goes, it's a custom built computer so i'm not sure exactly what you're looking for. It's an antec case (not sure what model), has an amd phenom 8450 triple-core processor, ~2.1GHz.

I'll get on my laptop and take off the panel so if there's something else you need, I can try to find it.

 

[jay_nar2012]

On your mobo are there these connectors?

 

[fansrus]

On your mobo are there these connectors?

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTX_20rfpK9NJx_AOapQiCi4-bQrr9CdMSGxp6WkfV7uZSKsWOUIA

I don't see anything that looks quite like those. It's safe to say it's not compatible then yes?

 

[jay_nar2012]

Not yet, what mobo have you got?

 

[fansrus]

It's an ASUS mb, which number and where approximately should it be located?

 

[jay_nar2012]

If you have this connector

Then you can use this
http://www.amazon.com/HDE-SATA-Drive-Interface-Adapter/dp/B002Y2NI4M/ref=pd_sim_e_1

To connect the drive.

 

[jay_nar2012]

It's an ASUS mb, which number and where approximately should it be located?

Between these slots

 

[fansrus]

I don't, but thanks for the help anyways.

 

[fansrus]

Best answer selected by fansrus.

 

[jay_nar2012]

How does your hard drive connect to the mobo?

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

Download this http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html and tell us what is says in the "Mainboard" tab.

 

[fansrus]

With a blue cable that plugs into a red port on the botom right of the mb. Also, the serial is n13219.

 

[jay_nar2012]

With a blue cable that plugs into a red port on the botom right of the mb. Also, the serial is n13219.

Is the cable wide or not wide?

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

With a blue cable that plugs into a red port on the botom right of the mb. Also, the serial is n13219.

That sounds like it's SATA (like it needs to be), but do what I told you in my reply above. That will take all doubt out of the equation. The serial number doesn't tell us anything.

 

[fansrus]

Yes it's wide.

CPU-Z reads:
ASUSTeK
M3N-HT Deluxe 1.XX

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

Yes it's wide.

CPU-Z reads:
ASUSTeK
M3N-HT Deluxe 1.XX

OK, it has 6 SATA ports (and 1 IDE, which is what you're seeing, I think).

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM2Plus/M3NHT_DeluxeMempipe/#specifications

1 xUltraDMA 133/100/66
6 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports (Use SATA1-4 for IDE mode.)

Because it has 6 SATA ports, you're free to use any Blu-Ray drive (or any other drive) you want.

 

[jay_nar2012]

This is your board right

If so then they are SATA and a blueray drive will work in your comp.

Make sure you also have SATA power connectors=

If you don't then you can get these-

 

[fansrus]

I do have the cable, it's currently not plugged in to anything.

Thanks for the help, (and for making me realize I know even less about computers than I thought I did.)

 

[jay_nar2012]

Your welcome, do you need suggestions for blueray drives?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135247
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106374