Hewlett Packard CD-Writer C4492B 9340i 10x4x32 Internal EIDE Kit

by HP

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000050AOJ
• Item model number: 9340I
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars new user, December 25, 2000

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"shahvir" (ONT, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hewlett Packard CD-Writer C4492B 9340i 10x4x32 Internal EIDE Kit (Personal Computers)

This like all of hp's products is very solid, stable and quick to boot ..burned a lot of cd's with this product and all i can say is that hp's has done a wonderful job.had it installed in no time at all and it works wonderfully under windows 98,me and 2000. Had the unenviable task of installing with for 3 os's in a matter of weeks and the cdrw was te one thing that worked consistently. Definitely worth the price. GO get it

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hewlett Packard CD-Writer 9340i 10 X 4 X 32 IDE Internal, January 5, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Hewlett Packard CD-Writer C4492B 9340i 10x4x32 Internal EIDE Kit (Personal Computers)

When My Dad got his second CD-Burner (this One) I thought it was going to be better than the previous HP Burner we had. When my dad got his pentium two upgraded, he got this burner installed. This writer is good for eveything, burning audio CD's, Data Cd's, and everything but Direct CD. I put a disk on Direct CD format the day I got the burner. It worked fine and everything, but when I took my disc out and closed the door, and then reopened it and put another Direct CD in it, the drive would hum and hum but not read the disc. After rebooting my computer and then inserting the disc when is started up, it read the disc. And thats the only way it worked, if you need to change Direct CD's dont' close the door, leave it open. Trust me about this, I know because several times my computer would lock up because I downloaded the songs to a Direct CD. If you are willing to spend a little bit More money, get a HP CD Writer from 9500 series, or a TDK CD-Burner (24x Audio rip!). I got one when I got my Dell, and it works beautifly. If you want to go ahead and get this drive, you'll get a lot of hassle from the Direct CD system up the road.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Adequate burner but bundled software sucks, February 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Hewlett Packard CD-Writer C4492B 9340i 10x4x32 Internal EIDE Kit (Personal Computers)

After many hours of help from the HP support people, I finally was able to get the burner up and running. The HP people were very helpful and they couldn't say their burning software was bad, but if you read between the lines, they as much as said to dump the "Veritas My CD" software that comes with it. I agree. I got buffer underruns whenever I tried to burn an audio or data cd. I bought Click 'n burn pro and have been burning without a problem ever since. Instead of cutting corners, HP should bundle software worthy of their fine products. Other than that, it is a great burner.