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I have tried and tried to get this working with no luck. The computer will not recognize the drive - I have downloaded the instructions and followed them to the letter - it was easy enough to replace the drive that was in there - getting it to function is another story!! I know it is connected because the drawer opens and closes - but no drive shows up - even though the original had been in the same slot.
Ordered DV-516E, got DV-516D
Rating: 1/5
I ordered the "TEAC DV-516E 16x Internal IDE Black DVD-ROM Drive" and got a box labeled "DV516E/KIT/B" but inside was a drive labeled "DV-516D". The DV-516D has a 256KB data buffer, not the 512KB data buffer that I expected when I ordered the DV-516E. The DV-516D worked well enough, but I decided to return it because of the deceptive packaging.
awesome DVD drive
Rating: 5/5
I bought this drive as a replacement for my old HP DVD drive. I have to replace my old HP drive twice and it keep failing even I don't use it this much. Since, I have good experience with TEAC products before. I have two CD Teac writers for almost two years now without any problems. So I bought this drive, and as usual they done a good job with this product. The Drive itself is very quit. The drive comes with POWER DVD XP player. The drive installation is very easy. You need 2 minutes to install the drive. I highly recommend this drive.