24x USB External CD-ROM CDROM Drive for ASUS EEE PC

by sunvalleytek

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001RKS7AC
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #18 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > External Components > Optical Drives
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Features: 1. External slim CDROM Drive 2. No external power adapter required, powered by USB. 3. Plug & Play, travel easily 4. Hot-swapping capability 5. Support windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista Package Includes: 1 pc CDROM drive 1 pc USB data cabel 1 pc USB Power Cable (PS2) Unit dimension: 160 x 137 x 19mm USB data cable: 60cm USB power cable: 60cm Fit Laptop models: Work with any laptop and desk pc with USB port Packing: Single retail box. Brand New Replacement Product, works as genuine parts, 100% OEM Compatible!! Full 6 months warranty!

Customer Reviews

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100 of 101 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NOT a DVD drive but perfect if a generic CD drive is all you need, May 10, 2009

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A. Dent "Aragorn" (Minas Anor, GD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 24x USB External CD-ROM CDROM Drive for ASUS EEE PC (Electronics)

This must be emphasized because, these days, we tend to assume that what we used to call the 'CD drive' would allow us to watch movies on our computers. It is not the case with this device which is solely a CD-ROM drive. It will play music off your CDs and it will read any files stored on CDs but it will NOT recognize the DVD format.

As a CD drive, it performed flawlessly when connected through the USB port on my Vista machine.

You will find the following in the box:

- the CD drive itself

- USB cable to connect to computer

- cable to connect to external power supply (not needed and external power supply is not provided)

- mini CD disk with drivers (not needed in my case)

- 3-paragraph 'manual'

Worth mentioning:

- drive is very slim - 1/4"

- on my Vista laptop installation was automatic and the drive was recognized immediately

- a USB 2.0 port appears to provide all the power the drive may need

Within the context of this being a CD drive I am going to subtract one star for the 'for ASUS EEE PC' claim. This will work on an ASUS machine but it will work on ANY computer running XP or Vista so calling it 'for ASUS' is only marketing hype that may blind potential customer into assuming (see above) that they are getting a DVD drive with the purchase.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 24X External USB CD-ROM, June 4, 2009

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Ken Brooks - See all my reviews

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Easy to setup, lightweight, small in size but performs well. I recommend this item to anyone that recently purchased a netbook and needs to load a few sotware items on to the netbook. Get this item as it does exactly what it was designed to do.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Asus Netbook's perfect companion, July 1, 2009

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S. Whitworth "Hannah's Mommy" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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I just got this external CD drive and find it to be perfect for installing my anti-virus software on to my little netbook. What a great buy! The seller got it to me fast too. I have no complaints.