FYI Portable DVD+-RW NO External Power needed.

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ipXpert · #1 Post by **ipXpert** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:19 pm

I just received a LaCie DVD RW 8x4x8 and it works with my X40 without an external power supply.

1) Super thin
2) No Power supply needed
3) Less than $250.00 (i payed 230.00)
4) Looks good with the X40
5) Fast
6) Easy to use and set up.

ychandrani · #2 Post by **ychandrani** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:44 pm

Where did you buy it? Direct from Lacie? Or some other vendor?

I am interested and would appreciate it if you could point me to the vendor's url.

sk33 · #3 Post by **sk33** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:33 pm

battery life?

selvan777 · #4 Post by **selvan777** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:41 pm

sk33 wrote:battery life?

I don't believe there's a battery, the power is supplied via the USB.

sk33 · #5 Post by **sk33** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 12:54 am

I meant what's the battery life of the laptop when you use this not connected to the power?

selvan777 · #6 Post by **selvan777** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:06 am

I have no idea but I wouldn't recommend burning DVDs while running on batteries and if you keep the notebook plugged into an outlet it should have no effect on the batteries at all.

sk33 · #7 Post by **sk33** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:42 am

I have watching DVD's in mind.

ipXpert · #8 Post by **ipXpert** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 10:57 am

I paid $219.00 from Datavis.

Datavis
445 5th Ave
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212)689-1111 ext:713
email: sales@datavis.com

It doesnt seem to suck too much battery from my x40

#9 Post by **aamsel** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 11:58 am

So, this unit is designed to use the X40's powered USB2 port???
Or any USB2 port???

The specs say it comes with a "USB power sharing cable" and a power cable. Does the "power sharing cable" use the powered port, or a PS/2 or other connector??

Is this is the LaCie 8x USB Slim DVD±RW Double Layer drive??
If so, it is $229 direct from LaCie.

Andrew
Austin, TX

selvan777 · #10 Post by **selvan777** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 12:26 pm

I do believe the dependency lies on the device being attached to the USB port (1.1 and/or 2.0) on any system, not the port itself.

Meaning to say if the attached device is designed to obtain power via USB, it will.

tsammyc · #11 Post by **tsammyc** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 10:30 pm

Are you able to burn DVDs using 2 USB cables? The IBM DVD writer allows you to read DVDs using 2 USB cables, but to burn DVDs, you have to attach the power brick. Am tempted to replace my $130 Liteon, but will wait for prices to fall first. $250 is still quite a lot for a DVD writer.

ipXpert · #12 Post by **ipXpert** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 12:57 am

I burned 3 dvds in a row without the power supply. There are two usb cables that have to be attached at one time if you are not using the ps.

tsammyc · #13 Post by **tsammyc** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 5:55 pm

Last question, what was the maximum speed you burned at? was it 4X or 8X?

ipXpert · #14 Post by **ipXpert** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:41 pm

i was burning at 4x. The media I had was for 4x.

tsammyc · #15 Post by **tsammyc** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 4:25 am

Thanks. Looks like it is pretty new because I can't find an online price at either pricegrabber.com or newegg.com. Also, the Lacie website talks about a slim dvd writer, which does double layer. Is this the one? Looks like it burns +RW at 4x and +R at 8x. Is this correct?

http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10101

ychandrani · #16 Post by **ychandrani** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:02 am

Yes, it is the Lacie Slim DVD writer.

#17 Post by **aamsel** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 12:36 am

That is correct.
That is the drive.
Also burns -R at 8x.

Andrew
Austin, TX

tsammyc wrote:Thanks. Looks like it is pretty new because I can't find an online price at either pricegrabber.com or newegg.com. Also, the Lacie website talks about a slim dvd writer, which does double layer. Is this the one? Looks like it burns +RW at 4x and +R at 8x. Is this correct?

http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10101

GpsPasSion · #18 Post by **GpsPasSion** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:31 am

Just what I was looking for, can you boot from it as well to restor an image for an example?

I notice they also have a firewire version, http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10306, not sure whether you can boot from firewire though ? (currently looking into getting an X31)

ychandrani · #19 Post by **ychandrani** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:59 am

GpsPasSion wrote:Just what I was looking for, can you boot from it as well to restor an image for an example?

I notice they also have a firewire version, http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10306, not sure whether you can boot from firewire though ? (currently looking into getting an X31)

Yes is the answer to both your questions. The only shortcoming is that the drive comes with Roxio EZ media creator a glorious piece of bloat that I have not even bothered to install.

GpsPasSion · #20 Post by **GpsPasSion** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:12 am

Thanks, I can live with the bloatware...by tossing it

This is probably a stupid question I can answer when trying out the X31, but what's the key combination to get in the BIOS?

ychandrani · #21 Post by **ychandrani** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 6:05 pm

GpsPasSion wrote:Thanks, I can live with the bloatware...by tossing it
This is probably a stupid question I can answer when trying out the X31, but what's the key combination to get in the BIOS?

F1.

GpsPasSion · #22 Post by **GpsPasSion** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 6:17 pm

Thanks, I also found that F12 gave the boot menu and you can also get to the BIOS from there

FYI Portable DVD+-RW NO External Power needed.

FYI Portable DVD+-RW NO External Power needed.

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