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Preston Hagar wrote: |
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> On 12/7/06, *Dale* <dalek@××××××××××.net |
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> <mailto:dalek@××××××××××.net>> wrote: |
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> Preston Hagar wrote: |
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>> It seems that you may have already decided, but to throw my 2 |
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>> cents in I have used the black version of the Lite-On: |
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>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106013 |
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>> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106013> |
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>> For over a year now with much success in Gentoo. |
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>> HTH, |
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>> Preston |
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> May be better but my case is beige. I didn't know I put a link to |
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> a black one in there. I guess I pasted the wrong one. |
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> You think the different face plate color may be the only |
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> difference? I know we used to get drives with different color |
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> face plates a long time ago. Same drive just a different front. |
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> Thanks |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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> I think the confusion is on my part. You did put the beige link in |
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> there. I just pasted the link of my black one instead of the beige |
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> one from your list. I am 99% sure that the only differences are the |
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> color on the face plate. If you look at the model numbers of your |
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> Lite-On link and mine, the only difference is the last digit, which in |
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> my experience is what manufactures do to signify color. The only |
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> other difference is that the beige one is OEM, so it won't come with |
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> an IDE cable or screws, but if you are just replacing an existing CD |
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> drive, that shouldn't be a problem. I would feel pretty comfortable |
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> recommending the beige Lite-On from your links. As for the others, I |
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> can't say specifically, but they all looked fine. |
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> HTH, |
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> Preston |
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Thanks for the info. One thing I don't want to do is buy something that |
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works but not with Linux and I can't send it back either. Being |
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disabled puts me on a tight budget and I don't want to waste money on |
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something I can't use. That is why I was asking the question. |
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I'm also trying to make sure whatever I get will work when I build me a |
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new system. I need to get some info on all the new stuff, SATA, PCIe |
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and all that. I have been out of that game to long. I used to keep up |
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with it by watching "The Screen Savers" but they are gone now. :-( |
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Thanks for the info though. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) :-) |