Tseng Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Panasonic UJ-265 price has dropped to a point I consider affordable.Has anyone had any experience in upgrading their Alienware laptop to a BluRay/RW?Is it hard to remove the front bezel of UJ-265? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 The bezel is very easy to remove. There are plastic tabs that snap into the aluminum housing. Simply depress the tabs while gently pushing the bezel away from the housing. You can see them in the photo posted on eBay. I have the UJ235A (imported from the M17x R2) which is older and a bit slower, but it's a great drive. It was in the chassis of my M18x R1 for a while, then I moved it to an eSATAp enclosure and used the bay for more HDD space instead. As I seldom use an optical disc, the HDD space was far more useful. The UJ265 should serve you well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tseng Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 Thank you Mr. Fox.I did the upgrade, took me around 30 minutes or so.It is very easy to remove the front bezel, put it in M17x R4 takes most of the time.But it is a smooth job nevertheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred1977 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 i changed my dvd burner for this Panasonic uj235 bluray burner in my old M17Xr2 and it works perfectly. You can find service manual on dell ftp :ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_alienware_laptops/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiaming1 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Use the service manual of Dell, not very difficult but tedious, I have done it before. I don't recommend to do it without very good reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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