LITE-ON 22X DVD±R DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black IDE Model iHAP222-06 LightScribe Support - OEM

Pros: Cheap I've owned this drive 8 months, and after making lots of coasters I panned it in my first review. However, I recently did some research and corrected some boneheaded mistakes. My drive hasn't made a coaster since.

Cons: N/A. My problem wasn't firmware, drivers, or a manufacturing defect: the drive was fine, t simply wasn't receiving data fast enough. I'm no expert, but here's some tips. Ensure: 1. Your IDE cable/s are 80-pin; 40-pin cables don't support DMA. This was my biggest problem. 2. You don't have DMA disabled in the BIOS. 3. Your IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers are set to "DMA if available" in control panel.

Overall Review: (cont'd) 4. Your hard drive and ihap222 are on different channels. Try mastering the hard drive on 1, and mastering the DVD on 2. 5. Test your transfer speed. I used "Nero CD-DVD Speed" (free program). You'll need a mostly-full disc without copy protection to test-scan. Google your top speed to see if it's consistent with DMA-enabled transfers. 6. First burn your files to an ISO image, so they're contiguous on the hard drive and can be read faster. 7. Try burning with "InfraRecorderPortable" (a free, open-source program). Try a sub-maximum speed. My current settings: 14x speed, Session-At-Once, buffer underrun protection, pad data tracks, close the disc after writing. I've got everything on the "advanced" tab unchecked. NOTE: My drive still doesn't recognize the discs it burns; I dunno why. I likely still have something configured wrong. My other computer reads them fine, however. Hope this helps somebody :)

Pros: Price, easy to install & it burns well. This was my first Lite-On with LightScribe & its seem to be a lot quieter then the past 3 Lite-Ons drives I have bought with-out LightScribe, not sure why.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: This drive works awesome in my new budget gaming rig. I used this drive with a 400 GB WD hard drive, a Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2 motherboard, AMD 5600+ X2 CPU @ 2.9 GHz & 65 watts, 2 x 2 GB Geil PC2-6400 Black Dragon memory, a 1 GB BFG GeForce 8500 GT video card, a 400 watt Dynex PSU & running XP PRO.

Pros: Excellent product. Drive reads and writes very well. Functions as advertised.

Cons: I affixed VTEC and red flame stickers on the front bezel but doing so did not add extra horsepower to the drive.

Overall Review: If you who do not know what OEM is, please read up on the term before you purchase this product so that you know exactly what you're getting. Newegg does not sell open-box products as new. Never have, never will. If it's one thing you can count on from Newegg, you can expect and and will receive business integrity. It's surprising that some people who claim to be knowledgeable in computer products or run computer businesses do not even know what OEM means. Would you trust those business with your computer? I sure wouldn't.

Pros: My third of this drive...I do quite a bit of burning and expect drives to "give out"..Installed easily, extremely quiet!

Cons: did have one fail after 9mos but Lite-On replaced without a problem..15min on the phone and they paid for all shipping!

Overall Review: highly recommend to upgrade to latest firmware and bitset to DVD-ROM for greater compatibility with all DVD players!

Pros: The unit fit the case The product is well made it came with Nero 8 this was nice Very quiet. I am not sure who thinks this is loud. They need there head checked or Lite-On fix it with all new product. THis is fast, it reads scratched DVD's and CD's with no issues. It burns fasts as well.

Cons: none. this unit is great. worth every penny paid

Overall Review: Please remeber some people just are havinga bad day and rated this way lower than it should have. This is a great unit for $25...

Pros: I bought this to go on a new computer that I put together. The reason I bought it was because it was so cheap. Because of the cost I wasn't expecting much and was really surprised with how quiet, and fast it did work. I'm impressed and will be buying more from the company in the future.

Cons: None

Pros: Works great in my 8 y/o Dell Dimension 8100. No problems installing it. Burns great on my TDK discs. 40 pin makes it a great choice for older systems. Smaller than my old LG and NEC drives, will fit anywhere!

Cons: Not really a con, but it doesn't like Memorex discs! Not surprised, since nothing does anyways.

Overall Review: Now I just need some LightScribe discs!!

Pros: Have purchased this model and it's predecessor at least 6 times now. Never had a problem until this time. Other units have lasted about 2 years. I have had no burning problems with TDK, Memorex, Verbatim, TY discs on 6x (DVD) and 16x (CD).

Cons: Ordered a pair this time and one of them did not function properly. It took about 50% longer to burn discs, and the burn speed setting did not allow changes. Newegg replaced it with no fuss. (Thank You!)

Overall Review: As always, NEWEGG ROCKS! Thank you to other reviewers for the warning about the trial version of Nero that was included. Lite-on may have some QC issues they need to address...