T530 Blu-ray Drive recommendations?

[Everyday_Normal_Engineer]

Hey DVD drive is dying so looking to swap it for a Blu-Ray drive either OEM or maybe another manufacture? I thought some external USB drives are just laptop drives in enclosures also. Appreciate any recommendations!

[kfzhu1229]

T530 optical drive is just any 12.7mm SATA laptop optical drive inside some mounting brackets. You can also replace it with a blu-ray drive in exactly the same manner
These SATA blu-ray drives on ebay are neither cheap nor overly expensive. But if you specifically search for a factory Ultrabay option with blu-ray already inside, then you might have a hard time finding it.
I do have a number of spare 12.7mm Blu-ray BD-ROM as well as BD-RE drives I can sell, but I suggest you look up on ebay first.