DVD Drive for Asus Zenbook Bought a new Asus Zenbook. Need portable DVD drive. They all seem to require TWO USB 2.0 ports. Zenbook only has ONE, and a USB 3.0 port. Anyone using a DVD drive with a Zenbook??? DVD Drive for Asus Zenbook Bought a new Asus Zenbook. Need portable DVD drive. They all seem to require TWO USB 2.0 ports. Zenbook only has ONE, and a USB 3.0 port. Anyone using a DVD drive with a... » Read More DVD Drive for Asus Zenbook Bought a new Asus Zenbook. Need portable DVD drive. They all seem to require TWO USB 2.0 ports. Zenbook only has ONE, and a USB 3.0 port. Anyone using a DVD drive with a Zenbook??? « Show Less
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If you plug a usb 2.0 device into a usb 3.0 slot it was operate as usb 2.0.
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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.Liteon 8X Top Load DVDrw White
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You only need one port. ASUS has a nice DVD drive available for dirt cheap. The 2 ports are for ancient USB ports that can't provide enough power. You won't have that problem any more. Anyway the Zenbooks have two ports, one 2.0 and one 3.0, but they are too far apart to use the little Y cable. No biggie, just use a single port. I am using the ASUS external DVD writer on my 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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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 : Samsung USB 2.0 Ultra Portable External DVD Writer Model SE-218CB/RSBS . 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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SOME hard drives require using two USB ports on the computer to provide adequate power whether they are USB 2.0 or USB 3.0. It depends on the hard drive, not the version of the USB port. This drive does not require two USB ports.
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I've had no problems with WIN7 and this small DVD/CD drive. My concern is that those who could not get it to work might have failed to read the info provided in the Amazon listing. This device does require the use of 2 USB 2 ports. Plugging it into one USB port does not provide enough power. If you don't have such a USB cord, look around for multiple listings for an A-B Y cable with two regular USB plugs.
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DVD drives often do not come with a SATA cable of their own; it must be purchased separately. I found this out when building my first desktop. That being said, you should ask your specific seller of the drive on Amazon if this is the case for your DVD drive.If the DVD drive came with the microserver, ask the seller of the microserver, as a DVD drive is not part of the standard package. Hope this helps.
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You can download the software from Microsoft and use the key that came with your disk. I happened to own a Sony DVDirect drive that I am using as an external drive for my MSI. If I wanted to, I could also set up another of my computers to share its drive over my network. Lastly, portable USB dvd drives are pretty cheap now and work really well with the MSI.
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http://zenbook.asus.com/zenbook/ According to Asus website it can be with: Genuine Windows 7 Home Basic 64 bit Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 bit However i found it really hard finding the previous Zenbook with professional
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It's a standard PC so it'll take anything you can plug in to it. By DVD port I assume you mean USB so yes, it does have several USB ports for you to connect a external DVD drive.
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http://zenbook.asus.com/zenbook/According to Asus website it can be with:Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic 64 bitGenuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64 bitGenuine Windows® 7 Professional 64 bitHowever i found it really hard finding the previous Zenbook with professional
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I must say its false marketing from Asus saying it has USB 3.0 on some models when its impossible to buy it, at least no sellers on the net specify it, what I have found.. (perhaps only one model is sold in one copy and is locked in the Asus test lab in China, yeah right so much fuss for that extra *** in the finetext of the specs) Why not be more clear on what models are with USB3.0 why not name it 1015PED-U3 instead?
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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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No, it does not have an optical drive. Only USB ports to use thumb drives. Or, if you really need an optical drive, I bought a portable external DVD-R drive that plugs into the USB and works like a charm for less than $100. Never use it much, but I have it if I ever need it. Not including an internal optical drive helped allow HP to keep this laptop SUPER thin and lightweight. I have learned to use USB thumb drives for about everything. Love this laptop!
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Yeaah, apparently NONE of the netbooks that Asus advertises with USB 3.0 are actually available with USB 3.0, at least not to Americans anyway. I think it's dumb that they don't allow you to configure your own computer on their site like other manufacturers, such as Sony and Toshiba. That would avoid so much confusion.
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There is NO dvd/CD drive.I have one and love it,but WAY to small to have the DVD You would have to buy an external one.You can get one for around $75.
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A couple of the answers are not correct.Requirements are:A. one USB 3.0B. USB 2.0 MIGHT require two, MIGHT work with just one (will depend on you port)C. One USB 2.0 and an external power supply (Not included), if one USB 2.0 isn't enough and a second USB 2.0 isn't available.
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I am a little technically challenged but if I buy the small ACER mini laptop and purchase an ecternal drive, which sounds like you connect with a usb cable, can I take this external drive with me on trips and watch DVDs or is this external drive large and not portable, which would defeat my purpose of carrying a mini laptop. Please help!