LG Electronics GH22NS30 22X SATA SecurDisc DVD+/-RW Internal Drive with Software - Bulk (Black)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 5.6 x 1.6 inches ; 1.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001TOD5DA
• Item model number: GH22NS30
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 17, 2009

Product Description

Product Description

LG Electronics GH22NS30 22X SATA SecurDisc DVD+/-RW Internal Drive (Black), Bulk w/ Software

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice extras for an OEM drive, June 5, 2009

By	M. Cordoba "mxc" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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It's a DVD burner, so there's only so much you can say about it. However, I was surprised by the amount of extras this ~$30 drive comes with.

PROs:
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- Comes with a SATA cable
- Comes with an IDE to SATA power converter. (in case you have an old power supply)
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CONs:
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- Does not come with screws
- Packing was terrible (seems like Amazon is the culprit, other vendors might pack it better) You would think/hope they would bubble wrap the drive like most vendors do when shipping OEM hard drives and optical drives. It was packed in a box, inside another box, but the drive and the stuff was spread all around the box, and there was really no padding anywhere, I think this packaging could damage a drive in transit, but mine works fine. We'll see how it holds up.
- Doesn't have lightscribe (a lot of newer drives have this)

Other thoughts:
- Performs like a normal drive, does a fine job.
- It's average in terms of noise


Overall it's a solid drive, would not hesitate to recommend to others, specially because you get nice DVD burning software and some additional goodies.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK drive, but bad BIOS, August 23, 2009

By	D. D. Martin (Acton MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The drive itself works well. However, when the drive is empty, it appears to contain a CD with software from LG. I didn't want the software from LG, and I didn't like the fact that the drive appears to contain a disc, when it doesn't really.

LG has an updated BIOS for the drive, which doesn't prentend to always have a disc. If you don't want to take the time to download the BIOS and flash the drive, I would select a different product.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars STAY AWAY, August 17, 2009

By	Undertaker (Madison,WI) - See all my reviews

I have tried a number of LG optic drives over the years and all worked perfectly so When I was building my new pc, I thought I will buy an LG DVD-ROM. After reading reviews on couple of sites, I went for this one. As I bought all my pc components from Amazon.com I bought the DVD drive too from here. The drive kept working perfectly burning DVDs and reading anything I throw in it. Suddenly after 3 weeks it doesn't detect any CD or DVD i put in it whether in Windows or in Boot (Tried updating firmware still nothing, reverting to old one and still nothing). Now I have to deal with LG shaky customer support until I buy a new DVD-ROM or LG miraculously decide to fix their below standard products.

I would say stay away from LG products, it seems their quality went down and I won't recommend it for anyone unless you like to gamble.