Will W520 optical drive support DVD+R DL

Before I buy the DVD -9 will the W520 drive recognize the DVD+R DL discs?
Thanks

Easy way is to try ebay some sellers sell single discs to try out.
However, I believe that the drive as it is modern should read and write just about everything.
I've found all laptop burners to be fussy though on certain brands and dyes.
Typically if they do work they burn at very slow speeds than rated.
This is just a generalisation on many laptop burners ive used in past.
Personally if it's important to you as far as media compatibility and performance and burn success I would buy an external 5.25" drive in an an enclosure as the form factor allows for better quality output in general.

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Chances are if you have the software on your computer it has DVD-Ram. Here is basically what I found at a website trying to explain DVD ram and how it works. Hope this helps.
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Will the combo drive from the dead 14" fit in the 13" (and, more importantly, will it work)? I'm not afraid of the disassembly - I've replaced iBook hard drives before, so I know the drill - but I don't want to start on the job, only to find that the drive won't fit or won't work.
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Dick,
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I've been dealing with the same or at least a similar situation for the past week.
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Why hard drive conection support SATA 3 but optical drive support SATA2??As i know the other notebook like asus or dell support SATA 3 both conection(hard drive and optical drive)
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2) Mainstream (mid level chipset and mainstream CPU) $$
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CD-DVD ( Optical Drives ) Common Problems and Solutions

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My optical drive (CD/DVD) is no longer accessable, either via C drive or any other means.
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Hi,
Please try Run now from the following link:
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/en-us
also check the following methods:
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