How can I make my "Asus ZenDrive 13mm ultra slim and light external dvd writer SDRW-08U7M" to be discoverable in my PC (details inside)?

Asked by RedDeerGuy1 (24473

) August 23rd, 2020

My computer is a desktop Windows 10 Intel core i5 7th gen.

I tried the Asus website and it was not helpful .

I’ve spent hours trying to figure do to trouble shoot my external DVD player.

The power works and it starts to read a DVD then quits. I have tried several different disks. It isn’t discoverable through my PC.

I want to download Sid Meiers Beyond Earth and the sequel Rising Tide.

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Could be so many things.

Is your PC a laptop or a desktop? In most laptops, the USB drives have varying amounts of power – if you are plugging the USB drive into a low-powered USB port, it would cause the issue you describe. If that’s the case, plug it into a different USB port.

But it could be a hundred other things as wll.

elbanditoroso (33160

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@elbanditoroso Desktop. It works best when one of the two USB ports are used.

RedDeerGuy1 (24473

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You might be able to get more information using this nice 3rd party USB device info viewer, free and available here: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html

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