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Using the Apple USB SuperDrive Optical Unit on Windows 11

Using the Apple USB SuperDrive Optical Unit on Windows 11

Hi everyone, In this post, we will be telling you how to use the Apple USB SuperDrive Optical Unit on Windows 11. If you connect this unit to your Windows 11 PC, laptop or tablet, you will be surprised that it doesn’t work. This is because Apple has made this drive react to certain MacBook models. Windows does recognize this device, and will show as Apple SuperDrive USB Device, but that’s about it. It will not do anything: The good…

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The LG GP63EX70 External USB DVD Drive

The LG GP63EX70 External USB DVD Drive

Hi everyone, In this post, we will be seeing the LG GP63EX70 Optical Drive. This is an external USB DVD drive sold at Walmart in the United States. This drive is capable of reading CD and DVD, including 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…

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The LG GP60NB50 External USB DVD Drive

The LG GP60NB50 External USB DVD Drive

Hi everyone, In this post, we will be seeing the LG GP60NB50 Optical Drive. This is an external USB DVD drive. This drive is capable of reading CD and DVD, including 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…

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The LG SP80NB80 External USB DVD Drive

The LG SP80NB80 External USB DVD Drive

Hi everyone, In this post, we will be seeing the LG SP80NB80 Optical Drive. This is an external USB DVD drive sold on stores like Best Buy and Target in the United States. This drive is capable of reading CD and DVD, including 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 Micro USB connector. Unboxing…

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The LG GS20N Optical Drive in the ICY DOCK MB343SPO Front Bracket Adapter

The LG GS20N Optical Drive in the ICY DOCK MB343SPO Front Bracket Adapter

Hi everyone, In this post, we will see the LG GS20N Optical Drive in the ICY DOCK Ultra Slim ODD + 3.5″ to 5.25″ Front Bay Bracket Adapter (MB343SPO). Installing the optical drive in this adapter was very simple. We just push the optical drive into the 9.5mm drive slot and use a single screw to secure it into the bay adapter. Since I’m not adding a 3.5″ hard disk drive, I placed the cover into the 3.5-inch slot. The…

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The LG GS20N Slot-Loading 9.5mm Optical Drive

The LG GS20N Slot-Loading 9.5mm Optical Drive

Hi everyone, Today, we will be seeing the LG GS20N Optical Drive. This is an internal SATA 9.5mm Slot Loading drive. This drive is compatible with 12cm CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R DVD+/-R DL, DVD+/-RW and DVD-RAM. It can burn CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-R DL DVD+/-RW and DVD-RAM. This is my first slot-loading internal DVD Drive. Here’s a look at the front and back of the drive: On the other side, we can see some drive internals: By taking out…

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Enabling the Apple USB SuperDrive on Ubuntu

Enabling the Apple USB SuperDrive on Ubuntu

Hi everyone, In this post, we will see how to enable the Apple USB SuperDrive Optical Drive on Ubuntu. This drive is nothing more than an LG GX50N drive inside an Apple-designed case. It’s very likely the drive is also a special version designed for this case too. One thing for sure is that the drive’s firmware seem to also be modified to only allow it to work with some Apple machines. However, we can trick it to work on…

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The Apple USB SuperDrive Optical Drive A1379

The Apple USB SuperDrive Optical Drive A1379

Hi everyone, Today, we will take a look at the Apple USB SuperDrive. This is a CD and DVD drive sold by Apple. The current model is A1379. This DVD drive can read and write all standard CD and DVD formats. This includes CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW and DVD+/-R DL. This drive compatibility is limited to some models of the Mac. However, it is compatible with Linux after using a special command line. I’ll talk about this on another post….

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LG BP50NB40 Blu-Ray laser died

LG BP50NB40 Blu-Ray laser died

So, these past days I’ve been having trouble with the LG BP50NB40 External Blu-Ray Drive. While I was archiving my data, it failed burning on PlexDisc BD-R DL 50GB discs at different intervals. Later, while I was trying to verify some other discs, it started to make some bad noises and it seems this is where the Blu-Ray laser gave up. Now, it simply tries to load the Blu-Ray disc with annoying sounds, sometimes working, sometimes failing. Discs that used…

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The LG GPM2 BTS Violet Special Edition, model GPM2MV10 Slim Portable DVD Drive

The LG GPM2 BTS Violet Special Edition, model GPM2MV10 Slim Portable DVD Drive

Hi everyone, Hitachi-LG has recently introduced an interesting Slim Portable DVD writer. Like the LG GP96Y, this model is also a Multi-OS drive, even compatible with Android. This drive is capable of reading and burning CDs and DVDs, much like the LG GP96Y. What makes this drive interesting, however, is that it has a clear top view so you can watch your CDs and DVDs spin. In the case of DVD playback and writing, you can even see the laser…

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