Acumen Disc Plextor PXL-910S Professional Internal SATA Serial ATA DVD/CD Writer Drive for Desktop PC Computer - Bulk Pack (PXL-910S) Edition

This is a very nice and well performing DVD R/W drive. Plextor makes very good DVD drives and this one is no exception. However, when they say a "bare drive", they really mean it. I was expecting the drive to come with at least a cardboard sleeve or some bubble wrap around it or something to protect it in shipping. But no, it came in only a clear-plastic polypropylene bag and was loose inside the shipping box with the other things I had ordered. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it. Fortunately, the other things I had ordered weren't very big and the box they used for shipping provided OK support for this drive. But, beware that depending on what else you order and/or ships with your drive, it could cause the drive to take quite a beating in shipping. Overall, I'm very satisfied with this drive and a "bare drive" is fine if that's all you need -- no need paying extra for cutesy retail packaging. I already had a SATA cable that came with my motherboard and mounting screws that came with my computer case. It works great.

Functioned well, just noisy sometimes.

Plextor was always a good name drive in the past so I thought I would try another one. I’ve only used it once so far, but it was smooth and quiet and successfully burnt my DVD.

The form factor is correct, so it fit the drive bay well and at least four of the screw holes all lined up on each side, allowing me to use the holes or slots in the drive cage to adjust depth, but that was not necessary. The holes worked fine. The SATA and SATA power connectors are positioned correctly, and function as they should. I have only used the drive to install drivers and utilities in a new PC, but it worked fine for that. There is only one con so far. It is loud. It sounds like a USB vacuum cleaner when it's found it's file, and it sounds like a bicycle stuck between gears when it starts looking for files, but it was cheap sooo.... you get what you pay for.

first off, I am a huge computer nerd! I build computers and am very passionate about it so I bought these two burners for my gaming computer in order to burn operating systems of GNU/LINUX variants and Windows 10 under Microsoft's Licensing terms and conditions. I also burn boot-loader repair tools and partitioning programs. Installation is cake, I just unplugged my sata/power connectors and the new ones slid and clipped right in. my computer case being convenient enough not to need screw installation. in windows 10 the new burner burned a iso image to a DVD perfectly with no issues, I run dual-booted and haven't tested in Ubuntu yet. the drive produces minimum noise level. allot of folks have switched to USB flash drives, but I'm always erasing them so I wanted a more permanent solution. that's where record-able disks come in place. the dent in one drive is top right of it's rear sata/power interface probably caused by shipping, but it works so im not going to fuss about it.

1st time I disconnected the SATA data cable part of the drive connector broke off and plugged the cable making both the Plextor drive and cable useless. Brittle plastic used? I fixed it with a replacement cable, some hot glue and a lot of diddling. Dell Precision T3000 linux Mint workstation. The drive fits a bit loose in the Dell because it's a slide-in fit with no tools needed, but it doesn't vibrate.

installation instructions not very clear but easy to install drive and assemble enclosure. Used to test DVDRW drive salvaged from old computer. Ubuntu recognized drive and DVD but did not play in VLC. USB port speed seems critical factor.

The drive is fine. I had a special use for it, though involving replacing it in a robotic disc changer. I couldn't get it to work. Although it looked identical outside and in to the original drive, the tray opens about 1/2" less than the original. And, in fact compared to some other drives I own, the same issue is present. So, if there's a need for exactly reproducible behavior keep that in mind. This event, of course, would never be noticed by almost every other user.

Nach 8 audio cds die ich gerippt habe hat der laufwerk die nächsten cds nicht mehr gelesen tot. So wie der bulk laufwerk von amazon usa verpackt wurde in folientasche eine katastroffe kein wunder das es kaput an kamm.

外付け用DVDドライブの書き込みが不安定になってきたためドライブ交換のために購入。 最近はわかりませんが昔はソフトによって書き込みできないドライブも多かったため、昔愛用していたPLEXTORにしました。 購入から１年以上立ちましたが読み込み書き込みともに問題なく使用できています。 昔に比べるとバルク品って少なくなってきている気がします。安価なバルク品はやっぱりいいですね。