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Posted by Zevi A.
Posted on 03/01/06 06:43
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Review: ASUS DRW-1608P2
Reviewed by: zevia
Provided by: ASUS - USA
Firmware: 1.37
Manufactured: September 2005


ASUS was kind enough to send us their DRW-1608P2, which supports Double Layer and Dual Layer recording. The drive is based on Pioneer DVR-110D drive. In this article we will show the performance of ASUS DRW-1608P2 by running the drive through numerous tests on various CD/DVD media.

Corporate Information:


We found the following information on the ASUS website: 

Corporate Mission

 


We devote ourselves to providing leading edge technologies,
and best value solutions of the highest quality to all our customers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management Philosophy

 

 

 

Inspire, motivate and support our employees to realize their highest potential.

Commit ourselves to the virtues of integrity, ingenuity, honesty, and diligence.

Endlessly pursue to be number 1 in the areas of quality, speed, service, innovation and cost-efficiency

Strive to be among the world-class high-tech leaders and to provide valuable contributions to humanity..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive specifications:


 

Now let us take a look at the specifications of the ASUS DRW-1608P2.

 

Write Speed

DVD-R: 16X, 12X, 8X, 6X, 4X, 2X, 1X
DVD-RW: 6X, 4X, 2X, 1X
DVD+R: 16X, 12X, 8X, 6X, 4X, 2.4X
DVD+RW: 8X, 6X, 4X, 2.4X
DVD+R(DL): 8X,6X, 4X, 2,4X
DVD-R (DL): 8X,6X, 4X, 2X
CD-R: 40X, 32X, 16X, 10X, 4X
CD-RW: 32X,24X, 20X, 16X, 10X, 4X

Read Speed

DVD-ROM (Single): 16X max. (CAV)
DVD-ROM (Dual): 12X max. (CAV)
CD-ROM: 40X max. (CAV)
DVD-RAM: 2X

Random Access Time

DVD: 130 ms and CD: 120 ms

Writing Mode

DVD-R & DVD-R (DL): DAO, Incremental Recording (Multi-Border Recording)
DVD-RW: Restricted Overwriting, DAO, Incremental Recording (Multi-Border Recording)
DVD+R & DVD+R (DL): Sequential Recording (Multi-Session Recording)
DVD+RW: Random Recording
CD-R/RW: DAO, TAO, SAO, Packet Recording (Multi-Session Recording)

O/S Compatibility

Windows XP/ NT/ ME/ 2000/ 98/ 98SE

Interface

Enhanced-IDE (ATAPI)

Data Buffer

2 MB

Bundle Software

Latest NERO Burning Software

Disc Formats

Write: DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, CD-R, CD-RW
Read: DVD-ROM, DVD¡é€R/RW, Photo CD, Video CD, CD-DA, CD-Extra, CD-Text, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM

Disc Diameters

12 cm and 8 cm

MTBF

60,000 Power On Hours
Operating Duty Cycle (Read) 20% POH
Operating Duty Cycle (Write) 2% POH

MTTR

30 Minutes

Mounting Orientation

Vertical and Horizontal (+5° ~ -5°)

Dimension (W x H x D)

148x42.3x180 mm

Weight

1000 g

Power Requirements

DC +5V ± 5%, DC +12V ± 10%

Temperature

Operating: 5° to 45°
Storage: -20
° to 60°

Humidity

Operating: 5% ~ 85% (Non-condensing)
Storage: 5% ~ 90% (Non-condensing)

Vibration

Operating: 0.2 G peak (at 10~500 Hz)
Storage: 1.5 G peak (at 10~500 Hz)

 

What's inside the box?


The drive we received was a retail package and comes with everything you need for quick and easy installation. The retail package includes the following items:

  • The internal ASUS DRW-1608P2 drive itself
  • Quick Installation Guide
  • Nero Burning ROM OEM Suite software disc
  • Ulead DVD MovieFactory 4.0 Suite SE software disc
  • IDE Cable (2 connectors)
  • 4 Screws and emergency eject clip
  • Audio cable


Retail package

As you can see, the package contains almost everything you need to get started.

Now let's take a look at the details on the retail box:


Box Front


Box Rear


Box Left


Box Right


Box Top


Box Bottom

Now it's time to take a look at the drive itself:


Front Bezel

The drive tray has lines and contour and it looks pretty nice. On the left of the bezel there is an emergency eject hole, to the right there is an busy LED indicator. Then the logos are DVD+RDL, DVD Alliance (DVD+R/RW) logo, DVD Forum (DVD-R/RW) logo, Compact Disc Ultra Speed Rewriteable logo and finally at the far right is the eject button.

 
Bottom


Top


Drive Sticker

On the bottom of the drive we found a sticker that shows has a production date of September 2005 and another sticker Made in China.


Drive Right


Drive Left


Rear

From left to right: digital audio connector; analogue audio connector; environment setup jumpers to set the drive to cable select, slave or master; IDE connector and finally the power connector. Jumper setting from the sample drive we received was set to Master.

Now, let us connect the drive and check out the features, program bundle and writing technology of this drive on the next page...

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[edited by GTMan on 03.01.2006 10:29]
i use this device and i feel very bad..
i use only 1 years and then now it was not working :(
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