Can you attach an external DVD drive such as the Asus 8X External Slim DVD+/-RW Drive & if so, how well should it work.
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I don't know about a DVD drive, but I have attached my external hard drive with no fuss at all. It treats it like a memory card. I would worry about a DVD drive, though, needing an extra driver or two.
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An external DVD can work to a limited read-only degree, my samsung "slim external" did, but it will not play factory entertainment DVDs or audio CDs, it will only read data CDs or data DVDs.
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Honestly, I have not tried doing so. But, it would work if Chrome has some kind of built-in driver for the drive. Generally, it seems that Chrome has limitations and, while easy to use, is not as robust as MS Windows when it comes to settings and possibly to attaching devices. My impression has been that this is more of a cloud (internet-connected) type of setup. Though, you're welcome to try attaching an external drive. I'd be curious to know if the attached drive would work.
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Better off using an external DVD drive. Just plug it into USB port and be done. Also I put an USB 4way splitter on mine and it allows for my mouse, printer, external antenna for wireless signal, and DVD player/burner to work all together on 1 port. I got DVD at Best Buy great price and they have several to choose from mine is 24X.
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You can use pretty much any USB external cd, DVD, or bluray burner or player. The drivers are usually preloaded so there should be no issues.
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No, it is a 'standard' drive which works correctly with native Windows drivers. Any program which works with other internal DVD drives will work with this one.
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You need to get a DVD external drive. I got the Asus drive and it works great and is small enough to fit in my laptop case when I travel.
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I don't have windows 8 but i do have windows 7 and my slim External 3.5" 1.44mb do not work with my windows 7 if their is any one out there who can tell me what l'm doing wrong maybe they can tell me.
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Hmm.. not sure.. theoretically it should work but I didn't want to chance it. So I took my separate external 2TB drive and connected it and it works perfectly
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Yes. If the slot drive ever fails, you can connect a usb external drive such as Samsung Portable DVD Writer Black 8X Slim DVD+/-RW (TSST SE-208DB/TSBS)
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It should work with it but you would need a mounting kit (the case is for 5.25" devices, not 3.5/2.5" like in desktops and laptops) and you would then have a large and ugly hole in the front of the case where the front of the CD/DVD/BD drive is supposed to be.But... why would you? You can get external cases designed for HDD/SDD devices that don't require the extra expense of mounting kits (and most mounting kits are NOT designed for use in external cases so shop carefully.) I have a number of Rosewill USB 3.0 external cases and they're much better suited for that purpose. It should work with it but you would need a mounting kit (the case is for 5.25" devices, not 3.5/2.5" like in desktops and laptops) and you would then have a large and ugly hole in the front of the case where the front of the CD/DVD/BD drive is supposed to be.But... why would you? You can get external cases designed for HDD/SDD devices that don't require the extra expense of mounting kits (and most mounting kits are NOT designed for use in external cases so shop carefully.) I have a number of Rosewill USB 3.0 external cases and they're much better suited for that purpose.
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I worked for me too. I'm using it with a bluray drive from a dead HP laptop. No issues with Windows 7 or 8.
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there is NO dvd or cdrw in it.. its i7 core and 8gb memory ddr3.. i bought external cd/dvdrw and works like a charm.. hope that answers ure question thomas
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Copy the software from the CD to a flash drive and the plug the flash drive into the ASUS and youre good to go. Works for me. I also purchase a little slim CD/DVD burner on ebay for about 46 bux. it plugs into two of the usb points, one for data and one for power. It's about 1/2" thick and just a little bigger the a CD.
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the only way you could do that is to hook up an external power source, and then run an e-sata cable from the drive into an e-sata/usb input on the laptop, if it has one. not a viable solution. you need and external dvd model.
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Use a USB external cd drive like this one: http://www.amazon.com/External-Slim-CD-ROM-Drive-Black/dp/B001B1796U
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How does an external DVD drive fit with the mini laptop? Do you connect it somehow to the laptop?
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It has worked perfectly so far for me. I'm running windows 8.1 on an Asus. Some tips; it seems to help if you plug the power cable in before plugging in the USB data cable. Also, windows doesn't come with a program to play DVDs, so you'll need to download one.
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I ended up ordering a System76 Starling netbook that is pre-loaded with Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 and also has the option to order an external USB optical drive with it. I assume that System76 will make sure that all the needed drivers are there and that the thing will work "out of the box." I haven't received the thing yet. I do know that USB thumb drives that I bought for my Windows PC worked with no problem on an old Toshiba laptop that I had installed Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn) on. So my guess is that if the device is connected via USB, you won't have a problem.