The ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U External Slim USB Optical Drive

The ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U External Slim USB Optical Drive

Hi everyone,

Today, we will be seeing the ASUS SDRW-08D2S-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 along with the drive documentation:

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Here is all of the user manuals and documentation:

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This drive also includes a software DVD:

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Here is all of the content outside of the box:

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The included USB cable is a USB to Mini USB Y cable:

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Now it’s time to see the DVD drive. It comes protected inside a plastic bag:

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Here is the drive after taking it out of the bag:

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This is the front side:

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On its back, we can see it uses a Mini USB connector:

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This is the below side of the drive:

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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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Finally, 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.

Drive Capabilities

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

ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U Drive Capabilities

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

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