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

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(More customer reviews)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.

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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!

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