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Thanks, I also found great prices at: www.Supermediastore.com

We think alike. I always check those sites first especially pricewatch who have led me to most of my hardware needs. NewEgg with it's free shipping won the price comparison for the drive I decided on. LG Electronics DVD+/-RW Mulitformat Drive, MOdel GSA-4081B, Specifications: Write Speed: 24X...

I ordered a LG Electronics DVD+/-RW Mulitformat DriveSpecifications: Write Speed: 24X CD-R, 16X CD-RW, 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD-R, 4X DVD+RW, 2X DVD-RW, 3X DVD-RAM Read Speed: 32X CD-ROM, 12X DVD-ROM, 3X DVD-RAM Looks like I can try about anything but it's so much cheaper by the bundle that maybe...

I've narrowed my choices to these two: Both these units were DVD+/- but I'll list just list +, - is half speed I was looking at: ASUS, 4x DVD+ OEM refurbished barebone (no accs.) or ASUS, 4x DVD+ New in box - strap, power cable, driver disk, 2 blank disk(1CD, 1DVD) with Movie factory burning...

I am installing a new internal DVD to replace CDRW. The DVDRW supports DVD+\- and ram. Now I must decide wether to use + or - discs. I have TV out connection to play video but will be purchasing an independent DVD player when my wallet approves. My media decision should not affect player...

I checked out Plextor and they're priced highest I've seen. I was going to go Sony but have seen a couple bad reviews. The fastest for price was Optorite at NewEgg but I've never heard of them. They only make CD-DVD drives. Anyone have any knowledge of them.

My CD-RW has given up on burning and I was going to replace it with a DVD-RW burner anyway. I have two questions. 1. Can you recommend a moderately priced replacement (Write Speed: 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD-R, 4X DVD+RW, 2X DVD-RW, 40X CD-R, 24X CD-RW ? I've looked at Sony, Asus, and Optorite. I usually...

In the process of trying to figure out my OE problems I blocked a sender. Not only the one with text mistake, but get this, I blocked myself. I was speeding around trying to fix things and inadvertently hit block sender rather than "create a rule".Thinking this was easy to correct like an...

I upgraded with the following: DFI nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU, Model "NFII ULTRA INFINITY" CPU- AMD 2500/333 ATHLON XP BARTON R DDRAM 512MB PC-2700 POWER SP- AGPB-P4ATX35F 2F 350W RT 80 gig hard drive master 60 gig hard drive slave (original hardware) After...

I kicked my AMD 2500 Barton up to 3200 with the Kingston 512 and it didn't blink, just a couple degrees in temp.

Yeah, especially since I touted this new DFI board over my Epox gone bad.

Sorry, but I'm color blind and friend noticed a green plug in a yellow imput. Color coding is great if you can use it. Guess I never thought about color impairment, Ha.

Sorry, false alarm

I upgraded in October with the following: MOBO- EPOX nFORCE2 EP-8RDA+ RTL CPU- AMD 2500/333 ATHLON XP BARTON R DDRAM 512MB PC-2700 POWER SP- AGPB-P4ATX35F 2F 350W RT Had problems with EPOX nFORCE2 EP-8RDA+ MOBO from start, and it finally died in December.(lost all USB, P/P, corrupted system...

Thanks devlish96, can count on you, but slave h/d is in 3 partitions and "my computer only sees 2"