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    What kind of dvd burner does my e1705 come with?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Gamerzlife, Jun 15, 2006.

  1. Gamerzlife

    Gamerzlife Notebook Consultant

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    I want to buy blank dvds for my notebook, since I wont be using my desktop and I was wonder if anyone knows what kind of burner I have. It says
    DVD R/RW. Online there so many different types of blank dvds which should i get, theres +R and -R, also Im not sure whats the speed of the burner is it
    8X or 16X, will an 8x work on a 16x and vis versa :confused: thanks
     
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  2. Amber

    Amber Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    You'll be getting an 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability but i'm not sure what the manufacturer will be. Judging from the deals going on, I think you'll get the Sony DW-Q58A.

    If that is the case, you can use:
    DVD-Video
    DVD-R
    DVD-RW
    DVD+R
    DVD+RW

    The speed will be 8x. Here is the documentation for the sony drive: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/p94658/en/index.htm
     
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    Gamerzlife Notebook Consultant

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    thank you southerngirl :)
     
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    Right click "my computer" and and go to hardware manager. Look for the DVD drive listing ( next to the +)and click there. This will give your drive name and model number. I got an NEC.

    I have been using the SAM'S verbatims with no problems. You can use any media 2X or higher but different brands may be problematic depending on what your drive likes. As Southerngal wrote, your burner max write speed is 8X DEPENDING on your media specs. My old pioneer drive threw hissy fits with some brands of DVD media but i haven't tried but two brands with the NEC, verbatim and cheap Imation, no problems yet. DL media is WAY to expensive and I think it will die as HD disk come mainstream.
     
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