Does the ASUS External Blu-Ray SBW-06D2X-U (Black) require 2 USB ports to connect it to a Windows PC or laptop?
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Sadly yes although that isn't mentioned. It does come with the necessary cable though. Aside from being two USB ports, it does do a great job and is hardly larger than a disc and is quite light making it very portable.
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Yes, you need to use 2 usb ports for the extra power. The supplied usb Y cable has about 5 inches of slack between the plugs. If your laptop only has 1 usb on each side you will have to get an extension.
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I'm sure it can, but you'd need to have an external DVD drive to attach to the ASUS via USB since it has no optical drive of it's own (plus your own Windows 7 disc).
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No, didn't need one. I just plugged it in and went right to it. My OS is Windows 7.
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Correct. The USB port on some older laptops, such as the ones with a disc player built-in, will ignore the device and give an error that it can not be connected. There isn't enough power to run it from the USB port. There are software work around to over-ride this function, however. Google "USB device is Unsupported". It works fine on Mac Air. The Superdrive is NOT Blu-Ray compatible. Use on PC's may vary.
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There is no optical drive on this unit. You would have to purchase an external. Yes, it does have USB 2.0 & 3.0 ports for an external.
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Copy the software from the CD to a flash drive and the plug the flash drive into the ASUS and youre good to go. Works for me.I also purchase a little slim CD/DVD burner on ebay for about 46 bux. it plugs into two of the usb points, one for data and one for power. It's about 1/2" thick and just a little bigger the a CD.
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You need a USB connection port on your pc. The Windows operating system shouldn't matter.
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I have used my USB connector with Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows XP and Windows 7. I did not need additional drivers. It took seconds to get it working.
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Yes, I yhinkYes, I believe it has two USB ports. But I sent mine back for a refund because I hated Windows 8.
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Chloey C.,I just attached two leads to USB ports on my Windows 7 PC and put in "Matrix" DVD and it instantly played. I did not purchase for that purpose and did not realize the unit would play DVD's. Do realize that you may need two USB ports to operate this unit, I think I ran into that with my old tablet, my guess is not enough power to run unit from one USB port on some tablets or phones, but not sure. I got around this by attaching second lead to a USB power supply. I can operate with one USB attached to my computer. Hope this helps.Gerry
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Yes connecting a USB external DVD is the best way to install an OS like windows or Linux. I recommend W7 64-bit or W8.1 64-bit
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I just opened mine from Amazon.com. I can confirm that it has the blue USB 3.0 port on it as well as Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
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You don't need drivers, you need, simply, a program that can process blu-rays.The external drive only reads blurays, u need third-party software to utilize it to its fullest.
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While I don't have Win8 installed on any of my machines, I do have this drive running on a 64-bit version of Win7. There were no ASUS drivers that needed to install. I just plugged the drive into my 64-bit,Win7 machine and it worked as expected. My understanding of Win8 is that if the peripheral works under Win7, then it will work under Win8. I am still very pleased with the performance of this drive and would buy it again or consider an "upgraded" one from ASUS that supports Blu-ray. You do need 2 USB Ports on the same side of the machine, or at least within a few inches of each other. As a reminder, this is USB2 vs. USB3 drive. Hope this helps. While I don't have Win8 installed on any of my machines, I do have this drive running on a 64-bit version of Win7. There were no ASUS drivers that needed to install. I just plugged the drive into my 64-bit,Win7 machine and it worked as expected. My understanding of Win8 is that if the peripheral works under Win7, then it will work under Win8. I am still very pleased with the performance of this drive and would buy it again or consider an "upgraded" one from ASUS that supports Blu-ray. You do need 2 USB Ports on the same side of the machine, or at least within a few inches of each... » Read More While I don't have Win8 installed on any of my machines, I do have this drive running on a 64-bit version of Win7. There were no ASUS drivers that needed to install. I just plugged the drive into my 64-bit,Win7 machine and it worked as expected. My understanding of Win8 is that if the peripheral works under Win7, then it will work under Win8. I am still very pleased with the performance of this drive and would buy it again or consider an "upgraded" one from ASUS that supports Blu-ray. You do need 2 USB Ports on the same side of the machine, or at least within a few inches of each other. As a reminder, this is USB2 vs. USB3 drive. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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If you are installing the device on a windows 7 or greater operating system, windows will se it. My problem with this unit was it supposed to be a cd/dvd RW. All it saw was the DVD. If you had drivers that saw both you have to look elsewhere. Sorry. Fred Ahne
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no external connectors ..... is plug and play in Windows 7 or 8, in pci express
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I have used it on a Mac with Mac Blu-Ray Player. I suspect a Windows machine will need a software player. You need two USB ports to use the player and the cable may be too short to reach a second port, but a USB extension works fine.