HP G42-230us optical drive update

I recently bought a HP G42-230us. I was wondering if I can upgrade the optical drive with a blu - ray player stock? I searched a bit on the internet but had no luck.

Portable SATA optical drives are all the same size, it is because the media are.

It works over there, Windows will automatically install the drivers for you. It was reported that Sony's Blu - ray discs have incompatible driver problems, so avoid the Sony. Samsung and Panasonic are good choices, Toshiba would probably be good too.

http://CGI.eBay.com/Samsung-Blu-ray-BD-ROM-8X-DVD-RW-laptop-SATA-drive-new-/370491248810?PT=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item5642ffd0aa

The rear mount which is held in place by two screws philips is reused on the new drive and the plate of the front on your old drive is mounted on the new drive.

http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=9CpOL8y2B9Q

The video drags on a bit, but it gets to the part where he finally removes the bezel face plate.

This version of Media Smart should work well with your ATI graphics card.

FTP://ftp.HP.com/pub/SoftPaq/sp49001-49500/sp49489.exe

Save it on the desktop and then to download 7 - Zip and restart.

http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

Right click on the install Media Smart file and use 7-Zip to "extract files". Click this folder and look for the CBC. From there, look for the Setup file sixth one at the bottom) to install MS DVD.

When it came time to install, disconnect from the internet and disable your anti virus and firewall software.

Restart your computer after the installation and activate your firewall and antivirus, if this is not done automatically.

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