I started working with micro-computers in 1979, and have assembled my own machines since 1990. I am very partial to ASUS motherboards in my desktop and server machines. A while ago the DVD/CD reader/burner on my main machine started making sounds similar to the playing card rubbing against the spokes of my bicycle many, many years ago. Time to replace it. Yes, mechanical devices do wear out. But although many may be of the opinion that optical media is obsolete, sometimes you have no choice. So if yo want to protect yourself agains a futre need, go with a good replacement.
I found this drive and knew that it would be excellent. I wasn't mistaken. The install is easy enough, Windows and Linux (GRUB boot manager) found it without a whimper and I was up and running again. I had a commercial video that the old drive refused to recognize long before it got noisy. This one played it immediately. I also need it for loading older software which I may need for some reason. A recent example was to recover a professor's thesis raw materials which was on thirty five 5-1/4 floppies and created with a long forgotten computer with a proprietary format. I had a CD with the software and we got the data onto a single CD and a USB flash drive for good measure.
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| Brand Name | ASUS | ASUS | OSGEAR | Vinpower Digital | Lite-On | Optiarc |
| Cache Memory Installed Size | 2 | — | 2 MB | 2 | 2.00 | 2 MB |
| Color | Black | Black | Aluminum | — | black | BULK |
| Hardware Interface | CD-R, CD-RW | DVD-RW, DVD-R | Compact Disc | SATA 1.5 Gb/s | SATA 1.5 Gb/s | ATA |
| Item Dimensions | 6.7 x 5.75 x 1.63 inches | 6.7 x 5.83 x 1.65 inches | 6.73 x 5.83 x 1.61 inches | 8.5 x 4.3 x 9.4 inches | 6.7 x 5.75 x 1.62 inches | 6.7 x 5.75 x 1.6 inches |
| Operating System | Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP | Windows 98, XP, 2000, Vista, Win7, Win8, Win10, Mac OS, Linux | Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or equivalent or higher | Windows, Windows Server, Linux, and Mac OS | — |
| Optical Storage Read Speed | 8x | 48X (CD) | 24x | 24x (DVD), 48x (CD) | 16x | 48x (CD) / 24x (DVD) |
| Optical Storage Write Speed | 24 x | 48X (CD) | 24x | 24x (DVD), 48x (CD) | 24x | 48x (CD) / 24x (DVD) |
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DRW-24B1ST
ASUS 24x DVD-RW Serial-ATA Internal OEM Optical Drive
A Green Environment for Now and the Future
The ASUS DRW-24B1LT / 24B1ST is capable of reading and writing data on DVD±R/±RW, DVDRAM formats. It is a power saving drive and allows you to permanently delete the data on re-writable discs. This provides you with flexibility and efficiency in terms of multimedia data storage and sharing.
E-Green (Energy Green Engine)
The innovative drive E-Green Engine technology features an E-Green Mode that automatically closes drive applications when not in use to help conserve energy - helping the environment by decreasing CO2 emissions and reducing the depletion of trees.
Features
OTS (Optimal Tuning Strategy)
With OTS, the drive will perform a test before really burning which generate the optimal burning strategy automatically for the best burning quality.
E-Hammer
E-Hammer allows you to permanently delete the data on writable disc (CD-R and DVD-R) formats. Once the data is deleted, it cannot be recovered or restored, and the optical drive will not be able to read the disc. This ensures data security, eliminates the hassle of scratching your old discs, and conforms with our commitment to environmental protection.
AVRS (Auto Vibration Reducing System)
The AVRS technology is designed to minimize the vibration caused by the spindle motor and resonance between components as well as the drive and PC cases. AVRS is designed to reduce vibration anD noise induced by unbalanced mass of rotating machinery. With AVRS, ASUS DRW-24B1 provides high readability and playability.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2022
I installed the drive and Windows 10 recognized it on boot. See attached photo of device manager. After installing VLC media player, I tested the drive with Peanuts Christmas DVD and it played perfectly (see photo). I can't be sure of long-term durability, but initially this drive works as advertised.
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Easy Install and Working As Expected
By George on December 20, 2022
I installed the drive and Windows 10 recognized it on boot. See attached photo of device manager. After installing VLC media player, I tested the drive with Peanuts Christmas DVD and it played perfectly (see photo). I can't be sure of long-term durability, but initially this drive works as advertised.
By George on December 20, 2022
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 17, 2020
Secondly, I am seeing people complain about it not including the cables.
Having been a system builder for the better part of two decades because I'm in the process of transitioning into a dinosaur, this is unfortunately very common.
The reality is you can buy a three pack of SATA 3.0 (6 Gbps) cables for less than ten bucks.
In the world of marketing, given the current price of this drive, each additional dollar represents a five percent increase in price. They do this math on pretty much every thing tech related these days.
In truth, you wouldn't want the included cables anyway, as to this day whenever SATA cables are included, they're so substandard they can literally cause your system to hang while accessing a drive. You're better off.
I have included a screen shot of VSO Inspector listing all of the features and standards supported, as well as firmware version info. One thing to note, Asus does not have a newer firmware available. In fact the one on their site is 1.0 versus the 1.11 on these drives. Do not download that firmware, it is essentially a downgrade, which is bad.
There is literally only one CD or DVD format that is wholly unsupported on this drive: DVD-RAM. While this won't matter to you, I'm a bizarre media aficionado. I have HD-DVD RW and HD-DVD R discs, working 5,25" floppy drives, and if I could, I'd own a working Laserdisc burner. I'm a weirdo. I do actually have DVD-RAM discs with valuable data on them, and this is sort of a bummer, but expected, as DVD-RAM even when it was in play as a standard was still rare for the most part. Healthcare used it a bit, and the very first DVR boxes did too. I could ramble about how Magneto-Optical drives were sort of DVD-RAM drives as well, but that's another day.
You may have noticed they mentioned this drive also supports a secure erase functionality. You should pay attention to this, as it works even if files on an old CD-R or DVD-R are unreadable. It does not just work on rewriteable, it works on single write media (see attached pics).
The data erasure functionality is a little unsteady, but it works using ImgBurn freeware if you select the "SmartErase" option and run the "full" erase. It's under the "Tools" menu. Takes about 15 minutes a disc in my experience. After it finishes, the same disc will report as "Incompatible Medium Installed" which means at the very least the media identifier and table of contents have gone bye bye. Hopefully the data track(s) are gone too? No real way to know, unfortunately.
If you're paranoid when it comes to data and disposal, this erase functionality is great. One more layer of security in a world it pays to be excessively cautious in. I wouldn't say you can rely on it, but it works. I'd still shred or destroy the media as you see fit as well.
I know DVD recording is becoming a relic, and while I could actually get mad I spent ten times as much fifteen years ago on what was basically the same drive, I'm actually glad we've progressed as much as we have.
My one and only real ding against this drive: the tray does not lend well to vertical loading. Be sure to pay attention if you're installing this on an old slim formfactor or Dell Optiplex "DT" formfactor computer. There's not enough of a lip to stop the disc from tipping a few degrees and getting jammed. You've been warned.
My DVD+R and DVD-R burns are 3 for 3, no failures thus far. Burned at 8x and 16x, seem solid.
A very reasonably priced burner with a reasonable feature set.
By What. on October 17, 2020
Okay for starters, given the price, if it lasts two years of normal use, it'll earn it's keep and then some.By What. on October 17, 2020
Secondly, I am seeing people complain about it not including the cables.
Having been a system builder for the better part of two decades because I'm in the process of transitioning into a dinosaur, this is unfortunately very common.
The reality is you can buy a three pack of SATA 3.0 (6 Gbps) cables for less than ten bucks.
In the world of marketing, given the current price of this drive, each additional dollar represents a five percent increase in price. They do this math on pretty much every thing tech related these days.
In truth, you wouldn't want the included cables anyway, as to this day whenever SATA cables are included, they're so substandard they can literally cause your system to hang while accessing a drive. You're better off.
I have included a screen shot of VSO Inspector listing all of the features and standards supported, as well as firmware version info. One thing to note, Asus does not have a newer firmware available. In fact the one on their site is 1.0 versus the 1.11 on these drives. Do not download that firmware, it is essentially a downgrade, which is bad.
There is literally only one CD or DVD format that is wholly unsupported on this drive: DVD-RAM. While this won't matter to you, I'm a bizarre media aficionado. I have HD-DVD RW and HD-DVD R discs, working 5,25" floppy drives, and if I could, I'd own a working Laserdisc burner. I'm a weirdo. I do actually have DVD-RAM discs with valuable data on them, and this is sort of a bummer, but expected, as DVD-RAM even when it was in play as a standard was still rare for the most part. Healthcare used it a bit, and the very first DVR boxes did too. I could ramble about how Magneto-Optical drives were sort of DVD-RAM drives as well, but that's another day.
You may have noticed they mentioned this drive also supports a secure erase functionality. You should pay attention to this, as it works even if files on an old CD-R or DVD-R are unreadable. It does not just work on rewriteable, it works on single write media (see attached pics).
The data erasure functionality is a little unsteady, but it works using ImgBurn freeware if you select the "SmartErase" option and run the "full" erase. It's under the "Tools" menu. Takes about 15 minutes a disc in my experience. After it finishes, the same disc will report as "Incompatible Medium Installed" which means at the very least the media identifier and table of contents have gone bye bye. Hopefully the data track(s) are gone too? No real way to know, unfortunately.
If you're paranoid when it comes to data and disposal, this erase functionality is great. One more layer of security in a world it pays to be excessively cautious in. I wouldn't say you can rely on it, but it works. I'd still shred or destroy the media as you see fit as well.
I know DVD recording is becoming a relic, and while I could actually get mad I spent ten times as much fifteen years ago on what was basically the same drive, I'm actually glad we've progressed as much as we have.
My one and only real ding against this drive: the tray does not lend well to vertical loading. Be sure to pay attention if you're installing this on an old slim formfactor or Dell Optiplex "DT" formfactor computer. There's not enough of a lip to stop the disc from tipping a few degrees and getting jammed. You've been warned.
My DVD+R and DVD-R burns are 3 for 3, no failures thus far. Burned at 8x and 16x, seem solid.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 21, 2019
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Haven't connected it to my pc yet but as you can see from the photos the product cane broken and with no protection in the packaging. There is also something rattling around inside. Will connect to pc to see if it actually works but I'm doubtful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 21, 2019
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