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    W7S DVD Drive Question

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by nash0727, Sep 8, 2007.

  1. nash0727

    nash0727 Newbie

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    I'm thinking of purchasing a W7S-B1B but I was curious what the make and model number of the DVD drive is. I have a large collection of Region 1, 2, and 3 DVDs and I want to make sure the drive is compatible with region free software. As long as the drive isn't an RPC2 locked drive made by panasonic/matsu****a, it should be okay. I would greatly appreciate it if a W7S owner would open up their hardware properties and paste in the model number of their DVD drive. Thanks a lot!
     
    nash0727, Sep 8, 2007
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  2. Chicken Royale

    Chicken Royale Notebook Geek NBR Reviewer

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    I'm not familiar with the DVD drive brand of the W7S and I haven't really tried any region software on mine at the moment. Here's a picture I took of the DVD drive whilst I was upgrading my W7S and the model number is just about readable (too much macro):

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    HL Data Storage appears to be the make as shown

    Also device manager recognises the model of the DVD drive as:
    HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T20L
     
    Chicken Royale, Sep 8, 2007
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  3. tritium4ever

    tritium4ever Notebook Consultant

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    Yep mine uses the GSA-T20L from HL Data as well. Haven't tried any region unlocking stuff since I haven't needed it.
     
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