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fallor

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I have a Dell desktop and want to buy an internal cd-rw drive for it. Are there certain brands that are only compatible with Dell, or can I just go ahead and buy anyone which one? The one I'm looking at is a Lite-On 52x32x52 Internal CD-RW Drive. Will this one work? Thanks in advance!
 
fallor said:
I have a Dell desktop and want to buy an internal cd-rw drive for it. Are there certain brands that are only compatible with Dell, or can I just go ahead and buy anyone which one? The one I'm looking at is a Lite-On 52x32x52 Internal CD-RW Drive. Will this one work? Thanks in advance!
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Anything should work, they are all IDE.

But of course dell wants you to buy dell stuff for your dell....duh
 
I have a Dell desktop and want to buy an internal cd-rw drive for it. Are there certain brands that are only compatible with Dell, or can I just go ahead and buy anyone which one? The one I'm looking at is a Lite-On 52x32x52 Internal CD-RW Drive. Will this one work? Thanks in advance!
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Avoid the Dell burners, they are usually remaked LG or Sony CDRWs which are ... um... crap. :P
 
My burner is a sony and my system is a dell and my burner is crap...thanks for noticing and I thought it was just me that thought my burner was crap.
 
I suggest you to buy a DVD writer.
it's more useful and not much more expensive.
a DVD+(-)R would store nearly 8 times more than a CD-R
 
Blade said:
how can a burner be crap?
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just off of the top of my head..... :rolleyes:

  • slow read speeds
  • slow write speeds
  • slow seak speads
  • little or no noise dampering
  • little or no vibration dampering
  • tray with one sided motor (tray moves irratically on ejection and injection)
 
to add to the list above, there might be a small buffer, but to answer your question, any IDE burner will work.
 
id go with pioneer i've the 108 model but the 109 is due out soon !

the drive works a charm better off payin the extra few bob for thew reliability and less coasters!!! :D
 
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