Compatibility List

This is a list of drives known to work with CD-ROM Tool, but it is by no means definitive. If your drive is not listed here, you'll have to try it yourself to see if your drive's speed and/or spindown can be changed. I maintain this list partly for my own amusement, and partly in hopes that it might help those who are concerned about drive noise to decide which drive to buy. Compatibility information is reported by CD-ROM Tool users, so it may be incomplete or inaccurate; please keep this in mind if you are using this list to decide which CD-ROM drive to purchase.

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34 drives beginning with the letter 'b'

Drive Name		Reported Speeds	Spindown Changeable?
BACKPACKCD-REWRITER-4C 1.05		1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, 32x	yes
BCD	E520C 0.40	1x, 4x, 12x, 34x, 40x	yes
	F520D CD-ROM 2.21	1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 14x, 16x, 18x, 20x, 22x, 24x, 26x	no
	F520D CD-ROM 2.41	1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 14x, 16x	no
	E520C 0.16	12x	yes
	24XH CD-ROM U1.8	1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 12x, 10x, 11x, 17x, 14x, 15x, 16x	no
	24XM CD-ROM U1.0	1x	no
	32X CD-ROM 1.10	349x	yes
	32XH CD-ROM U1.4	1-20x	no
	36X CD-ROM 1.20	32x	yes
	36XH CD-ROM U1.5	1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x	no
	40SB CD-ROM C2.8	1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 14x, 16x, 18x, 20x, 22x, 24x	no
	40SB CD-ROM T2.6	1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 14x, 16x, 18x, 20x, 22x, 24x	no
	40XH CD-ROM U1.6	1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 10x, 11x, 12x, 13x, 14x, 15x, 16x, 17x, 18x, 19x, 20x, 21x, 22x, 23x, 24x	no
	40XH CD-ROM U3.2	1x, 3x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 10x, 11x, 12x, 13x, 14x, 15x, 16x, 17x, 18x, 19x, 20x, 21x, 22x, 23x, 24x	no
	44XH CD-ROM U2.2	1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 10x, 11x, 12x, 13x, 14x, 15x, 16x, 17x, 18x, 19x, 20x	no
	44XH CD-ROM U3.1	1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 10x, 11x, 12x, 13x, 14x, 15x, 16x, 17x, 18x, 19x, 20x	no
	48SB CD-ROM C2.4	1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 14x, 16x, 18x, 20x, 22x, 24x, 26x	no
BDV316B H1.0		4x, 8x, 16x, 20x	no
BENQ DVD DD DW1620 B7T9		12x, 16x, 24x, 32x, 40x	yes
BENQ DVD DUAL DW1610 B8L9		31x, 63x	yes
BTC	16X CD-ROM SLL16U2.1	1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 10x	no
	24X CD-ROM SLL24U2.0	1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 10x	no
	BCE1610IM 0.19	4x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 16x, 24x, 32x, 36x, 40x	no
	BCE1610IM A.20	4x	no
	BCE2410IM A.22	40x	no
	BCE2410IM A.23	(none)	no
	BCE3212IM 0.07	4x	no
	BCE4012IM 408p	4x, 8x, 20x, 24x, 32x, 36x, 40x, 48x	no
	BCE4012IM 408R	4x, 8x, 20x, 24x, 32x, 36x, 40x, 48x	no
	BCE4012IM 409F	4x, 8x, 20x, 24x, 32x, 36x, 40x, 48x	no
	BCE4816IM 482E	4x, 8x, 20x, 24x, 32x, 36x, 40x, 48x	no
	BCE4816IM 482G	4x, 8x, 20x, 24x, 32x, 36x, 40x, 48x	no
	BCE4816IM 482S	4x, 8x, 20x, 24x, 32x, 36x, 40x, 48x	no

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