DVD Drive for Asus Zenbook: Anyone using a DVD drive with a Zenbook???
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Glen, I got this one and except for the short USB cord it works fine. I replaced the cord with a longer one and haven't had any problems yet. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QQ3VK2/ref=oh_o01_s01_i00_details
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I have no idea as I don't have one. But as far as I know the Zenbook is as slim as the Samsung 9 series or MacBook Air so it should 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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Read my review. The way to do it without buying an external DVD drive is to set up a network. Here's step by step process: If you already have your computers set up for "home or small office network," 1) add your netbook to that network by going to My Network Places, and opening up the "Set up a home or small office network" on the left side. Make sure that the network name is the same. Follow instructions fully. You may have to reboot afterwards. 2) on the computer with the DVD drive, go to the My Computer and locate the DVD drive. right click on it and open "Sharing and Security..." Check "Share this folder on the network." 3) on the netbook, open the network and locate the DVD drive. 4) on the computer with the DVD drive, insert a program and stop install. 5) on the netbook, open the DVD drive, locate the "setup" file and run. That's it. If you don't have a set up network, you will have to set up the network for each computer with the same network name. Follow the above instructions for the rest. That's it.
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As the netbook concept does not include an optical drive for space issues, you need an external drive to; install CD/DVD based software, burn CD/DVDs off your netbook. The new wave of ASUS EEE PC will most likely come with a DVD-RW, but the unit will be heavier. You have a couple of options when installing software from CD/DVDs; 1. Go out and buy a USB based external optical drive. I would recommend Samsung SE-S084B. It costs around $70. Does not require a power adapter. It comes with a dual USB cable to power up from the netbook. http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SE-S084B-RSBN-External-DVD-Writer/dp/B001MLZKAQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1238534118&sr=8-2 2. If you're in a network environment, you can load the installation CD/DVD on another computer, share the CD drive on that PC and connect to that CD drive via network neighborhood from your netbook. The easiest would be to use the IP address of that PC. For example; the IP of the host computer is 192.168.1.10. In Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer's address bar type in the following "\\192.168.1.10". You will be able to see the shared folders and CD drive for the host.
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Yes since this laptop contains" 4 x USB 2.0 ports" and the DVD is external connection via USB this should work fine. Once connected the OS should install the proper driver automatically.
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The trend is away from built in optical drives, and this model, which I am typing on now, does NOT have an optical drive built in. An external is very inexpensive, like this one : http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-External-SE-218CB-RSBS/dp/B00DBV28TG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1403010072&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+dvd+drive . They are thin and light so they aren't too much trouble, but if you ned one built in, check carefully as they are not as certain to be there as in the past. Good Luck!
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I have heard of this issue in ASUS laptops, but have not experienced any kind of Drive failures in mine. Though Ive only had mine for a little over a year now. Sorry to hear about that, hopefully you can recover the data.
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Yes the one I bought, had the hardware as described....but the DVD drive wasn't reading any disc. So I bought an external DVD drive for $30.00..Minor cosmetic damages. But up to now, the computer is working.
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I don't have an Asus Zenbook, but with reasonable confidence I will say yes. The Zenbooks have a full version of windows and at least one USB 3 port so it should work without issue.
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Maybe you can check out the spec from this sitehttp://zenbook.asus.com/zenbook/
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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 should be able to replace the optical disc drive with a hard drive caddy. Else, you have to swap out your main hard disk. There is another mSATA slot (at least mine had it) that can fit a 25mm mSATA drive. I used a 50mm drive but I had to tape it down check this link for more details http://www.insidemylaptop.com/taking-apart-asus-q550lf-bbi7t07/ On a side note though, this laptop is kind of dated (first came out more than a year ago I think). Unless you're getting this for a really good deal, there might be better options. Still pretty sweet at ~600 though.
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Yes, it will work with a DVD drive. However, in my case my computer's BIOS was not able to identify the card and DVD drive and so I was not able to set it up in the boot sequence. Once you get booted into the OS, the card and DVD drive will work fine. More modern BIOSes may be able to overcome this challenge.
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External DVD drive would be the best option. Optical drives are atypical on lightweight ultrabooks.
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There is no optical drive in this laptop. You can get a cheap USB DVD/CD combo drive for somewhere around $30. Make sure that you take that into consideration when comparing prices, if having an optical drive is important to you. You can try this option from Samsung, but there are definitely other options out there: Samsung USB 2.0 Ultra Portable External DVD Writer Model SE-218CB/RSBS
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It does not have a DVD drive. There is an external drive available. Personally, I used my old iBook's drive very rarely.