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  1. Sep 14th, 2003, 08:14 PM #1
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    USB Powered External CD-Rom or RW?

    Does anyone know of any usb powered (like, for an ultraportable laptop) cd drives. I don't care if it is rom or rw, and speed isn't an issue (it will be on a usb 1 port)
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    Yes, but they seem to be a lot of money.

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    Hmm, I guess that link doesn't work...but search around. They exist.
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    Re: USB Powered External CD-Rom or RW?

    Originally posted by brian728s
    Does anyone know of any usb powered (like, for an ultraportable laptop) cd drives. I don't care if it is rom or rw, and speed isn't an issue (it will be on a usb 1 port)
    Lite-on do some good one's! They do ROM's & RW's! Not cheap though...
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    Re: Re: USB Powered External CD-Rom or RW?

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    Not cheap though...
    Yeah, the ones I saw were around $240+.
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    BenQ CD-RW/48xWrite 24xReWrite 48xRead CDRW USB2.0 external - Retail boxed @ €125.00 + VAT

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