Need Firmware update for Optiarc BD Rom BC-5500A - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

dadkins · 11-30-2008, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slasherfan

This may be a silly question and I don't feel like starting a new thread about it. I'm getting a proper Blu Ray player next week, any way I can just set my Laptop to play American Blu Rays only without buying extra soft ware and I can use my player for the UK ones.

Region coding on computers for Blu-ray are handled by the playback software - not the drive.

Set the player software to Region A and you're good!

hamisht · 12-01-2008, 03:21 AM

speaking of that Quickplay software, does that allow you to select HDMI for the audio output? to get DTS HD MA etc?

torb · 08-03-2009, 09:24 AM

New discs doesn't seem to be the problem on my HP HDX Dragon with Optiarc BD ROM BC-5500A... I can't play movies I have played before any longer, all I get is a message telling me to insert a disc. I have upgraded Quickplay to the latest release (even though it tells me an update is available all the time). So new discs/format is not the problem, as I can't play old discs, either.... and I haven't installed any third party players....

macereal · 01-16-2011, 12:43 AM

Hello everyone. I have been looking around this site and google for a bit now trying to find a solution to my problem here. The problem I have is that the blu-ray drive on this laptop is no longer playing any blu-ray. When I first got the laptop I tried some blu-rays and it worked then, but ever since then.. Nothing! It will not load or do anything, just sits there showing there is nothing in the drive. Some things I read said to find a firmware update for the blu-ray driver itself (its the Optiarc BD ROM BC-5500A). Others say to just update the laptops default player (being QuickPlay). I updated QuickPlay to 3.7 which is the newest version and I still have the same problem. Nothing is ever showed to be loaded in the drive. Nothing plays. I dont know what to do? anyone have an idea?

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/p...&lang=en&cc=us

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834147750

those are some links to this laptop. It is just getting a little annoying that I cant play a blu-ray though that was a reason I got this laptop.

-thank you-

Basically the same problem as the previous poster!!!! normal dvds seem to work fine.

08-03-2009, 09:24 AM	#23
torb New Member Member since:Aug 2009	"Blu-ray 2.0" New discs doesn't seem to be the problem on my HP HDX Dragon with Optiarc BD ROM BC-5500A... I can't play movies I have played before any longer, all I get is a message telling me to insert a disc. I have upgraded Quickplay to the latest release (even though it tells me an update is available all the time). So new discs/format is not the problem, as I can't play old discs, either.... and I haven't installed any third party players....

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macereal New Member Member since:Jan 2011	Hello everyone. I have been looking around this site and google for a bit now trying to find a solution to my problem here. The problem I have is that the blu-ray drive on this laptop is no longer playing any blu-ray. When I first got the laptop I tried some blu-rays and it worked then, but ever since then.. Nothing! It will not load or do anything, just sits there showing there is nothing in the drive. Some things I read said to find a firmware update for the blu-ray driver itself (its the Optiarc BD ROM BC-5500A). Others say to just update the laptops default player (being QuickPlay). I updated QuickPlay to 3.7 which is the newest version and I still have the same problem. Nothing is ever showed to be loaded in the drive. Nothing plays. I dont know what to do? anyone have an idea? http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/p...&lang=en&cc=us http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834147750 those are some links to this laptop. It is just getting a little annoying that I cant play a blu-ray though that was a reason I got this laptop. -thank you- Basically the same problem as the previous poster!!!! normal dvds seem to work fine.

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