Panasonic slim bd-drive

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Panasonic UJ-120 Drive

I was originally looking into the Silverstone slim bd drive, but then I found the above drive.

I am looking to put this into a HTPC. My only concern is would this caused problems with compatibility on a PC as apposed to a laptop? Will my PC recognize the drive?

Thanks,
Jeremy
 
A laptop is a PC. Your compatability will be driver based if its not recognized.
 
I figured that much, but wasn't too sure. This is a first for me. Ordering it shortly and we will see how well things progress.
 
Our TOB02 slim blu-ray drive is also based on the Panasonic UJ-120 drive. Since this drive uses laptop's IDE/ATAPI interface, you must have an adapter to make it connect to your desktop motherboard's SATA or IDE connector and to a PC power supply.

We include a converter board with the TOB02 that allows you to connect to a regular SATA connector on the motherboard and an extra silver bezel for matching a silver case if you have one.

http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=TOB02&area=usa
 
I like that the TOB02 unit comes with the adapter already, but its still $150 at retailers. I know you can get an adapter for $15 or less. So that would only cost me $90- $100 for the drive and adapter with shipping. We will see if you get what you pay for.
 
Tony Ou said:
Our TOB02 slim blu-ray drive is also based on the Panasonic UJ-120 drive. Since this drive uses laptop's IDE/ATAPI interface, you must have an adapter to make it connect to your desktop motherboard's SATA or IDE connector and to a PC power supply.

We include a converter board with the TOB02 that allows you to connect to a regular SATA connector on the motherboard and an extra silver bezel for matching a silver case if you have one.

http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=TOB02&area=usa
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For the price, I think it should come with a bay adapter to mount in a standard 5.25" bay. And whats up with that SATA adapter not having a SATA power connector? :p
 
The slim optical drive draws very little power so the SATA adapter takes the floppy 4pin connector from the power supply as the power source.

I also forgot to mention that since we are selling the TOB02 as a retail unit, it has our standard one year warranty.
 
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