Slow transfer rate with external blu ray player??

[gkman1]

Does anyone know if using the USB port with a blu ray writer would be slower transfer results than using an internal drive? I have the Verbatim slimline external bly ray writer and transfer speeds are 2.40 MBs....extremely slow....I don't think they make an internal drive for this computer...Any suggestions ion increasing transfer speeds?? Thanks a lot!!!!

[Grzwacz]

Greetings,

Welcome back to the forum.

I am not a HP employee.

Your PC has an internal DVD reader/writer. Have you checked Amazon, Newegg, or HP Part Surfer (Link) for an internal Blu-ray drive?

Some HP PCs use a Ultra slim optical drive having a special Notebook type SATA power connector. I can't tell from HP specs (Link) if this applies to your PC.

I use external Blu-ray optical devices.

I purchased a USB 3.0 Blu-ray reader/writer and plug this device into USB 3.0 ports.

A USB 2.0 drive is going to be painfully slow or a USB 3.0 drive connected to USB 2.0 is not going to perform correctly.

Regards

[gkman1]

Thanks for replying...I definitely was using a 3.0 Verbatim drive with a 3.0 port.....very slow transfer sppeds...When I usemy other computer with my internal bd drive...much faster transfer times..I believe the LG will work....

[Grzwacz]

Hi Gkman1,

You're very welcome.

Have you checked any other USB 3.0 device throughput on USB 3.0 ports?

HP has W10, version1803 and W10, version1809 chipset drivers (Link). Maybe this will fix the USB 3.0 tranfer rate problem.

Regards

[gkman1]

Thanks for the suggestion....I am using the Wndows 10 Build 1809......I ordered an LG BU40N internal blu ray writer.....We'll see if this helps.....I'm leaning toward it might be the graphics card in the new HP.....because the DVD drive in my new HP computer transfers files slower than the DVD drive in my older computer.......