The ASUS ZenDrive SDRW-08U7M-U External Slim USB Optical Drive

The ASUS ZenDrive SDRW-08U7M-U External Slim USB Optical Drive

Hi everyone,

Today, we will be seeing the ASUS ZenDrive SDRW-08U7M-U External Slim Optical Drive. This is an external USB DVD Drive capable of reading and writing various CD and DVD formats.

The formats this unit is capable of reading includes CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, DVD+/- R DL, DVD+/-RW and DVD-RAM. It can also write to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-R DL, DVD+/-RW and DVD-RAM.

The drive is powered by USB and uses a Mini USB connector.

Unboxing

The drive comes in a small, almost square box:

When opened, we see the DVD drive:

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Below, we see the USB cable, 2 M-DISC DVD-R discs and all of the drive documentation:

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These are the 2 M-DISC DVD-R disccs that comes with the drive:

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It also comes with a software DVD:

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Here we have all of the drive documentation:

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Here is the USB cable. It is a USB Y cable to Mini USB:

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Now, we’ll take a look at the DVD drive. It comes protected with some foams:

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Here is the drive without the foams:

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Here is the front of the drive:

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And here is the back:

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On the bottom, we can see the drive information and manufacture date:

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Here is the drive with its tray opened:

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And here is a closer look at the drive tray:

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Here we have a closer look at the drive optical pickup unit:

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The optical overall drive tray design, including the optical lens, is the same as other LG USB Slim Optical Drive models. This unit is an LG drive.

Finally, here is the entire drive content outside of the box:

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Drive Capabilities

Below, we can see the drive capabilities for this drive:

ASUS SDRW-08U7M-U Device Capabilities

On another post, we will see how this drive behaves on some CD-RW and DVD+/-RW discs I have.

You can buy this drive on Amazon on the following links:


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