Sony 52x Internal IDE CD-ROM Drive

by Sony

Product Details

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006HXTP
• Item model number: CDU5221/C1
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #81 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Components > Internal Optical Drives > Internal CD Drives
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 29, 2002

Product Description

If you're wondering why you might need a 52x CD-ROM drive like the Sony CDU5221/C1, just take a look at your current CD-ROM. Would you like it to install programs faster? When you're playing games, does it take to long to get the necessary info. from the CD drive? How about when you're burning CDs using the CD-to-CD copy function - some of you can't even do it because your CD-ROM drive can't supply the data to the CD-RW drive fast enough! That's where the Sony CDU5221/C1 comes in with 52x speeds that will satisfy all of your CD-ROM needs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Manual could be a little better, hope it lives up to name, December 27, 2004

By 

A. Burchfield (Conway, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony 52x Internal IDE CD-ROM Drive (Personal Computers)

I got my Gateway in January 1999 with a Mitsumi CD-ROM drive, that drive lasted until early 2003. My next drive was a Creative - it was supposed to be new (I thought so anyway) but lasted until just after the warranty ran out this year. Feeling very disgusted I did some looking around and found this Sony here at Amazon for just a few $ more than some no name (to me)drives and decided to buy it.
When I got the thing I opened the box and thought it looked pretty good but noticed that the manual was lacking a few details. There is one bit about the warranty being voided if you use damaged or poor quality discs (repeated in a sticker on drive drawer)- but no trace of a warranty anywhere in the box or manual. The manual also refers to a system users guide and manual in the installation instructions, I didn't get such things & am positive I never had them.
I was suprised to learn that 52X is a misnomer- the default speed is only 40X and while Sony tells how to temporarily bump up the speed they adivse against it.
Installation itself wasn't so bad, if you know just a little bit more than I do about the work, the manual is pretty straight forward about what/ when to do things. In the few times I've used it so far I've had no problems.
I paid extra for the name Sony, hope it lives up to the reputation I feel it has.

5.0 out of 5 stars Sony 52X CD-ROM, March 3, 2009

By 

Carol J Nelson (Norman, OK United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sony 52x Internal IDE CD-ROM Drive (Personal Computers)

This is a good reliable CD-ROM. It is much quieter than the previous CD-ROM that I was using.