Lagmeister
03-07-2004, 06:04 AM
OK once again I guess I will start off, I guess you could probably split this into many threads but its probably easier to leave it as one thread for now (feel free to change this passing mods).
Artec Internal 12x DVD +/- RW £60
Whats in the box
A rather generous supply of 4 screws (which I didnt use anyway but handy)
A new Ribbon Cable (Once again not used but handy)
Nero OEM (Was a selling point but is turning out to just be worthless, actually negative in value so far)
Internal 12x DVD +/- RW Drive
Review
Well to start off with this review I will say that this drive is a good inch smaller than the rest of my drives so is probably going to be great for space savers.
Secondly It was easy to install (The box comes with easy to follow instructions on the back of the box if this is your visit into the inside of your compy case)
Well I bought some Datawrite 4x DVD-R's to go with this drive and banged on Nero to see what I could do, naturally I headed straight for the backup utility and tried to burn a DVD which resulted in a brand spanking new yellow coaster, after upgrading and trying again and recieving yet another yellow coaster. I tried another program Easy DVD/CD Creator (not the Roxio one), which worked first time, so my advice is avoid nero like the plague for now.
Other than the nero troubles this drive has been a joy to use, neraly completley silent (even when writing a DVD), the only noise I have got from it so far is when reading a data CD but that wasny to excessive and ceased after a few seconds.
Artec Internal 12x DVD +/- RW £60
Whats in the box
A rather generous supply of 4 screws (which I didnt use anyway but handy)
A new Ribbon Cable (Once again not used but handy)
Nero OEM (Was a selling point but is turning out to just be worthless, actually negative in value so far)
Internal 12x DVD +/- RW Drive
Review
Well to start off with this review I will say that this drive is a good inch smaller than the rest of my drives so is probably going to be great for space savers.
Secondly It was easy to install (The box comes with easy to follow instructions on the back of the box if this is your visit into the inside of your compy case)
Well I bought some Datawrite 4x DVD-R's to go with this drive and banged on Nero to see what I could do, naturally I headed straight for the backup utility and tried to burn a DVD which resulted in a brand spanking new yellow coaster, after upgrading and trying again and recieving yet another yellow coaster. I tried another program Easy DVD/CD Creator (not the Roxio one), which worked first time, so my advice is avoid nero like the plague for now.
Other than the nero troubles this drive has been a joy to use, neraly completley silent (even when writing a DVD), the only noise I have got from it so far is when reading a data CD but that wasny to excessive and ceased after a few seconds.