COMBO DRIVE Super Slim CD-RW / DVD-ROM USB External Drive (Black) for ASUS EeePC Acer Aspire and any computer with USB 2.0 or 1.0 ports

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B002EDXDSW
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 23, 2009

Product Description

1) Supports various operating systems (Windows, Mac) 2) USB 2.0 standard (compatible down with USB 1.1) a) USB2.0 DVD-ROM max. speeds: i) 480m/s ii) 24x read (CD-ROM) iii) 8x read (DVD-ROM) iv) Compatible discs: CD, VCD,DVD, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD- R, CD-RW b) USB2.0 combo ROM drive maximum speeds: i) 480m/s ii) 24x read (CD-ROM) iii) 8x read (DVD-ROM) iv) 24x write (CD-R) v) 10x write (CD-RW) 4) No need of driver (except for Windows 98/98se) 5) Compatible discs: CD, VCD, CD-R, CD-RW 6) Support MS-DOS boot and use. Size: 133*130*17.5mm Hardware requirement: CPU: Celeron 300MHZ and higher, Pentium 2 226MHZ and higher or AMD-K6-2 300MHZ and higher Memory: 32M and higher ITEM(S) INCLUDED: USB 2.0 Super Slim Drive USB Cable, Power cable User's Manual

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Two out of Three..., March 15, 2011

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LadieB88 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: COMBO DRIVE Super Slim CD-RW / DVD-ROM USB External Drive (Black) for ASUS EeePC Acer Aspire and any computer with USB 2.0 or 1.0 ports (Electronics)

I bought this so that I could (1)Burn/play CDs, (2) Play CD/DVD Rom games and (3) Play DVDs. This product only does two out of three of these things. I really wanted to be able to watch DVDs but that's the one thing it doesn't do. When trying to play a DVD it says the DVD is not meant for play back in my "region," but the DVDs have worked with other DVD players. It's kind of suspicious actually. Other than that it's fine.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Didn't work for me!, March 11, 2011

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gabe - See all my reviews

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Product looked nice out of the box, so plugged it into my XP. But after a brief whirr, and being told new hardware had been detected, nothing happened. Tried it on my Windows 7 laptop, same result. I think the driver was defective or out of date. So, went to Toshiba website to find the latest one, but it's no longer supported by them, so no luck. Gave up and returned the product.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, for the price, March 5, 2011

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Laurene (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: COMBO DRIVE Super Slim CD-RW / DVD-ROM USB External Drive (Black) for ASUS EeePC Acer Aspire and any computer with USB 2.0 or 1.0 ports (Electronics)

Three and a half stars.I bought this because the DVD drive in my MacBookPro stopped working and I needed to burn the CDs for an audiobook to iTunes. I didn't want to spend much, and I didn't. That said, you do get what you pay for, and I found that this drive would not work entirely properly if both of the USB plugs were not plugged in at the same time. This took the form of the last track on the CD, or the last couple of tracks, not transferring to the computer. It *might* have been the CDs themselves that were the problem, but this behavior did disappear when I plugged in both USB plugs. Presumably the drive needs the extra power from the second plug to work right.

Of course, this is inconvenient if you want to use the drive all the time. My laptop only has 2 USB ports, and I have all sorts of stuff plugged into it via an adaptor, like a keyboard and my iPod dock. I don't need to use the CD player very often, though, so the tradeoff of price for the occasional hassle is fine with me. It's also good that I don't have to find a power outlet for it when I do need to use it. So, I'm reasonably satisfied.