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02-12-2017 05:21 AM
I have just purchased an OMEN 870 PC. I wish to buy an external DVD/CD Rewriter. The HP store directs me to the HP USB External DVD-RW Drive but my OMEN PC is not listed as a compatible device. Will this DVD Rewriter work with my PC? If not, can anyone recommend a DVD Rewriter which will work with my PC?
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02-12-2017 02:21 PM
About the only limitation would be if the drive is powered by the USB port and the OMEN ports are limited in some way. I did not see an info concerning that ,however.
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02-12-2017 05:29 AM
Considering the external drives will use USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 as an interface, it would be presumed that most any external DVD drive would be compatible.
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02-12-2017 05:43 AM - edited 02-12-2017 09:14 AM
Thank you for your very rapid reply. That would be my assumption as well which is why I was surprised to see a list of compatible devices in the HP shop. Never having bought one of these devices before, I wondered if there is something about them which means they are not universally compatible.
02-12-2017 02:21 PM
About the only limitation would be if the drive is powered by the USB port and the OMEN ports are limited in some way. I did not see an info concerning that ,however.
I'm not an HP employee.
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