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Thread ID: 22953	2002-08-04 05:18:00	USB CD RW Wanted. Anyone know of a good USB CD RW?	PressF1 User (1065)	Press F1

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67985	2002-08-05 05:29:00	Hello Honeylaser and thanks Vanman. Again, thanks for the help. Sorry for my ignorance but how can the PCI be connected to a laptop to run the USB2 card? Basically I'm looking at around $450 - $500 max (GST inc) for a USB CD RW drive that must clearly state it is XP compatible. Must be fast as possible but good quality too with good software. (including the buffer under-run-stopper-thingy :-) ) Not exactly sure which is the best out of the ones you mention, what do you reckon? Bartering sounds good to me. BTW, if it does the dishes I'm sold!! Thanks :-)	PressF1 User (1065)
67986	2002-08-05 05:44:00	You cant use the free pci card to connect the burner to your laptop, its a card for a desktop pc. You can connect the burner to your USB 1 port, but you only get a max speed of 4x. Otherwise you need a laptop that has cardbus compatible pcmcia slots (all newer (last few years) laptops do, if you have got an old laptop you will need to check the specs) Then buy a seperate USB2 pcmcia card. As I said, the cards are around $100 and either have 1 or 2 ports. As for the prices, no offense intended Honeylaser, its just that I saw the same burner as mine, ON SPECIAL!! in a department store for $200 more than I paid. :0	vanman (959)
67987	2002-08-05 22:05:00	> the same thing vanman mentions. its not > a pcmcia card, but allows you to run a USB2 > appliance off your laptop.. that was meant to say desktop. I'm an idiot. > As for the prices, no offense intended Honeylaser, > its just that I saw the same burner as mine, ON > SPECIAL!! in a department store for $200 more > than I paid. :0 Like I said, I'm negotiable. I'm only working off my suppliers suggested retail prices. If you have a problem with bartering, buy from the department store..	honeylaser (814)
67988	2002-08-06 04:23:00	I bought an external USB case($199 at DSE) and placed my IDE 8x4x36 CD-RW in it. It worked fine when using the CD software(Direct CD) that allows you to use the CD-RW as a floppy disk. I had problems when copying CD's one on one or using Adaptec 4 to create data CD's. I then upgraded the drive to a Samsung 32x10x40 ($160 at Eden computers) so far no problems. Creating VCD's and copy disks without any hassles. This drive came with Nero and has buffer underrun protection. I have plugged it into XP, Win95,98,Me and NT and Linux systems without any hassles. The USB external case comes with the required drivers for USB if any required.	pentzol (1329)
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