Living room bluray to install cdroms on PC?

Max007 · 22 Mar 2020 at 08:03

Sadly I notice most new PCs and new towers dont have cdrom drives or space for a 5.25 drive now. To get round this can I connect a normal full size bluray player (from my living room tv setup) to install cdrom on a PC? Or is it better to buy an external portable bluray drive? Do they install the same way and at the same speed? Can they read cdroms though? I have most games on dvd and cdrom and would like to install on a new pc - I can see a few towers have 5.25 space but they dont seem to look as good. Grateful for your advice.

Raggs · 22 Mar 2020 at 12:29

no your living room blu ray player can't do that unfortunately , you need a external usb player something like this below would read / install the cd roms and dvds you have.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...er2go-7-black-sdrw-08d2s-u-lit-cd-068-as.html

or if you needed blu ray support.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-external-usb-blu-ray-rewriter-sbw-06d2x-u-cd-061-as.html

Max007 · 22 Mar 2020 at 22:55

Thanks - really appreciate your help and links.

ANDARIAL · 22 May 2020 at 10:04

Well it IS possible
I have done this when i had a BD player that was acting up.Open BD player case extract BD player hardware,connect up to pc via sata and power it up
`SHOULD` be identified and work
Not recommended as you could knacker the player and much better to get an external or internal pc one.But it is possible

Max007 · 22 May 2020 at 10:19

Thanks. I notice the only cases that have dvd or blueray slots are not very attractive so will have to go for an external drive. Will look for a good air flow case as dont fancy the risks of water cooled. Thanks again for your help.

Paul_RD · 20 Jun 2020 at 14:58

Did you get a new case yet?
If not, go to PC part picker and you can do a search for cases whilst filtering out all cases without a 5.25" drive bay.
I've just had a look at there is a significant number to choose from.

Max007 · 20 Jun 2020 at 15:05

Thanks for your help. Unfortunately no new PC yet as not earning at the moment. Hopefully will do soon and really appreciate you taking the time to help.