Question 1

Does this drive come with the data cable?

Accepted Answer

Now that I have purchased and received this drive, I can confirm that it does NOT come with the SATA data cable. Interesting to get the conflicting answers on here. Also, the information about the cable was not on Lite-On's Web site. I had checked there before posing the question. They should post such information, in my view, but they do not.

Question 2

will this go into a HP tower? And is this also a player?

Accepted Answer

i would like to stay just this side of an infinitive when saying ... ALL  writers are also players ... (an Extremely high percentage ... their may be an exception ... but none i know of) ... as to it going into a HP tower ... the maker of the tower is irrelevant ... what matters is that the tower/case/Box has an open bay of the proper size ... in this case ... would be a standard 5.25' drive bay ... what you may wish to pay more attention to is ... does the Motherboard have an open SATA connection available to hook this item up to ...

Question 3

will it work with windows 7 ultimate ?

Accepted Answer

Yes it will, as long as your motherboard has SATA ports....

Question 4

Does the label on the drive say next to the word model

"iHAS324     B"

Note the B is what I am looking for, if it is not a B it may say C,D, or W?

Accepted Answer

The LITE_ON CORP label on my drives states them as iHAS324 W

The manufacture/serial label states them as iHAS324-07 WU as does the box data also.

These are excellent drives, so enjoy !!

Question 5

What specific software, if any, is included with this drive?

Accepted Answer

No software is included. Software would be mostly redundant though, as Windows since at least XP and every major LINUX distribution includes utilities to work with burners (I can't speak to Mac or less-common OS variants).

Question 6

Is this a SATA drive?

Accepted Answer

Yes.

Question 7

does it cmpatible with window 7?

Accepted Answer

None of the drives list the amount of buffer. Looking for 2mb buffer.

Question 8

Will this DVD drive fit my Compaq-Presario SR5710F PC?

Accepted Answer

Some HP Compaqs have another door in front of the drive on the front PC cover and should work fine as long as you get the drive in perfectly so as to reach the front cover push button. machines were different and I had to remove the old front bezel and snap it on to this drive for it to work.

Question 9

This drive shows in the specification that works on Windows 2000/XP/Vista I have a HP Elite M9150f that I bought in January 2008 and it came with Vista home premium 32-bit installed but I upgraded it to Windows 7 home premium 32-bit would this DVD writer work with my PC running Windows 7 home?

Accepted Answer

Most DVD writers will automatically work on Windows XP and higher without the need for special drivers. I am using this one with Windows 7 as a matter of fact.

Question 10

Is this compatible with MAC?

Accepted Answer

I am not a MAC person.  Best I know the MAC has sata2 in its optical bay and if that is true, this drive should work.
Since the Microsoft compatible machines are downward compatible, it works on any sata buss.  But the MAC is not sata3 capable, to the best of my knowledge.

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