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Contents 1 LG 1.1 LG HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H44N 1.2 LG HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H54L 2 LiteOn 2.1 LiteOn LTR 48125S (CD R/RW Writer/Readers) 2.2 LiteOn JLMS XJ-HD166 HH 16X DVD 2.3 LiteOn LH-18A1P DVDRW 2.4 LiteOn SHW-160P6S-04 16x DVD+-RW 3 NEC 3.1 NEC ND-1100A 4X DVD+R/2.4X DVD+RW 4 Philips 4.1 Philips DVD8601 HH 16X DVD+RW 5 TSSTcorp 5.1 TSSTcorp SH-S182M(CD+DVD R/RW(+/-, Dual Layer Writer/Readers) 5.2 TSSTcorp TS-H352C DVD-ROM

[edit] LG

[edit] LG HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H44N

Works fine on i686 Arch.

[edit] LG HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H54L

Works fine on x86_64 and i686 Arch

[edit] LiteOn

[edit] LiteOn LTR 48125S (CD R/RW Writer/Readers)

Works on x86_64 and i686 Arch

[edit] LiteOn JLMS XJ-HD166 HH 16X DVD

Works on i686 Arch

[edit] LiteOn LH-18A1P DVDRW

Works on i686 Arch

[edit] LiteOn SHW-160P6S-04 16x DVD+-RW

Works fine in i686 and x86-64 Arch

[edit] NEC

[edit] NEC ND-1100A 4X DVD+R/2.4X DVD+RW

Works on i686 Arch

[edit] Philips

[edit] Philips DVD8601 HH 16X DVD+RW

Works on i686 Arch

[edit] TSSTcorp

[edit] TSSTcorp SH-S182M(CD+DVD R/RW(+/-, Dual Layer Writer/Readers)

Works on x86_64 and i686 Arch

[edit] TSSTcorp TS-H352C DVD-ROM

Works on i686 Arch