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Laptop bd-rom drive intermittant read on all media
I have two questions about the BD-Rom drive in my Asus N53SV laptop.
When I first got my N53SV-DH72 laptop, I created the Recovery Discs using DVD media. I then installed a new HDD and a clean Windows 7 Prof install, removing the original HDD and all of it's pre-loaded software in case I sold the laptop later and buyer wanted original drive and software. Since then, I have been ripping songs from CD to iTunes and both the DVD write and CD ripping have worked fine. Blu-ray playback was never tested.
3 years down the road I am finding that the BD-Rom drive is intermittantly reading CDs when playing back in either Windows Media Player or iTunes. Some songs play fine, others hang partway thru playback. Other CDs are not even recognized by iTunes. I can play DVDs OK on Windows Media Player though I haven't played a movie all the way through. Blu-rays will not play at all.
The BD-Rom drive is a Philips Lite-On DS-4E1S. I have ordered a replacement drive by a company called HIGHDING thru Amazon/CBear Computers.
I checked the BD-Rom drive on my G73JH-A3 and it has had limited testing. DVD write worked when I created the DVD Recovery disks. This laptop also had the HDD replaced with a new HDD and a clean Windows 7 Prof install. Most of the drivers were installed. Blu-ray will not playback on this drive either. The BD-Rom drive on the G73JH laptop is a Matshita UJ141AS.
So, my questions:
Is my assumption correct that all or most BD-Rom drives are the same (physically and functionally) regardless of the Manufacturers name on the drive. The pictures of the different drives are all the the same and match my suspect bad drive (footprint, hole patterns, etc).
What is required to playback Blu-ray movies? Will Windows 7 natively play these movies or do I need to install additional software for Blu-ray playback? My Windows Media Player won't do it. Was software on the the original HDD installed and I failed to notice and therefore did not install software for Blu-ray playback on the new HDD?
I would appreciate any answers to my questions. I can't believe I'm the only one to have experienced these issues.
Thanks in advance.
Mark