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Gateway m505 DVDRW drive compatibility

post #1 of 6
5/15/08 at 4:29am
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Anyone else know of what other dvd rw drive beside the uj-815 being compatible with the gateway m505? I am trying to upgrade. thanks

Have successfully added a 2nd 250 gb hd in place of the bass module, upgrade the b intel card to a g intel wireless card, upgrade the cpu to 1.7 ghz and upgrade the ram to 2 gb on my m505
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post #2 of 6
5/15/08 at 12:41pm
Most slim IDE drives will work with your laptop. You just need to swap the face plates so it will sit flush.
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post #3 of 6
5/15/08 at 5:32pm
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I tried a uj-846 and it didn't get detected by the bios ;(. Don;t know if i should try another slim drive. Already wasted $60. I guess i will try to sell it on ebay or get an external case. ;(
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post #4 of 6
5/16/08 at 2:33am
Is that the slot load drive? Try the Pioneer DVR-K06, i had good experiences with that one.
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post #5 of 6
5/16/08 at 12:05pm
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Nice drive. I imagine all of these drives have the 50 pin rectangular interface. The uj-846 also have this 50 pin interface, but i am not sure if somehow the gateway m505 bios is limited to be able to only see the uj-815 only. Other possibility could be the uj-846 i got somehow would only works with Macs even though it has a 50 pin interface (hard to believe). I guess i could buy an external case (a $20 solution) and see if the uj-846 will work in the external case vs getting another drive which will cost me another $60+.

Any input appreciated.
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post #6 of 6
5/19/08 at 6:40am
external option sounded good, in this scenario

cheers ...
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