I have read some of the questions regarding this product but I'd like to know if it would play pc game disc such as Sims.
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I don't have one of those discs, but I'm sure it will read it, just as if it were an internal disc drive.
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It will play Xbox 360 games but will not play original xbox games. I bought this harddrive for my xbox slim and it works great.
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I have played with a third party software, Blu ray movies. So it should also play DVD movies too.
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Yes. It will play CDs. Optical drives like this Samsung are ALL backward compatible to older disc formats. If it plays Bluray, it will play DVD and if it plays DVD, it will play CD.**Because they still build all Bluray (blue laser) optical drives with DVD/CD (red lasers) as well
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It is not directly compatible with those chips however it will play CD&G via the USB port. You can download just about any song off the Web and play it.
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It can disc burn but don't know about gaming computer. Have not used it for gaming.
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I assume it can but I didn't keep it long enough to test it. CD playing wasn't stable.
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It will play on any computer/laptop that has a USB port. It's not O/S specific either. I use Windows 7 and the drivers were preloaded in that O/S.
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Yes it plays Blu-ray's on my pc just fine. Try downloading Blu-ray disc advisor, it will tell you where your problem is.
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It will work only if you have or get blu-ray playback software.It does not come with any.Most pc's do not come with it pre-installed.
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I have burned most of my cd's from the computer. Will this play cd-r, cd-rw? Thanks
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It will play lowend games like mine craft , if you invest in a solid state hard drive it will play games way better
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Yes, it does. I just ran a test on a home-recorded disc - no problems playing it.
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Technically it can, since it's a laptop DVD ROM drive in an external casing. The thing to remember is that it has a USB connection, meaning data transfer from disc to PC may be a little slow, so you may experience some lag depending on the game. I think this works better as a movie player/disc burner than a drive for a PC game. I have not played a PC game using this as mine is being used for an older netbook. I suggest matching up the computing requirements for the game with your computer and see if this DVD drive fits the bill.
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Yes, it will play gamecube games. It will play anything the original drive would.
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Yes, being able to play older games was one of my reasons for this purchase. It comes in a Microsoft package and I have had no problems since installing. Not all old game discs will play however. There are upgrades for many of them. Do some online research to find out if your favorite games have the needed upgrade available. Hope this helps.
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No. It's an Xbox 360 game disc. Your PC (laptop) will only recognize it as a video DVD. If you don't have the game console, you won't be able to play this game.