[ILUG] 2x[Q] Samsung DVD+/-R(W), and cleaning PC internals

[Brian Foster]

hi!

 two h/w questions, one clearly related to Linux, the other
 related only in that it's a Linux machine in question.

 1st, I want to replace my (possibly dying) internal DVD
      player with an (internal) DVD recorder or rewriter.
      up to recently, the only DVD+/-R(W) internal drive
      I could find locally was a Sony, which I will not
      buy.  however, I just found a two others.  one is
      a Samsung 16x Super-WriteMaster (which is on sale,
      probably because Samsung is about to introduce an
      18x model next(?) month);  the other is a Philips
      DVDR16ST.  Google™ does not find much of anything
      about either unit, good or bad or Linux.
      any comments or recommendations?
      ( also, b.t.w., do people suggest using DVD-R(W)
       or DVD+R(W) media? )

 2nd, the last time I opened up the case, I discovered it
      had gotten rather dusty inside.  _this_ time, when
      I open it up, I want to do something about the dust;
      it's making me increasingly nervous.  what do people
      suggest/recommend as a good (or the best) way of
      removing the dust?

 actually, there's a third internal DVD rewriter I found,
 another Philips unit (SPD6000FD), but this one is also
 a printer for printable-DVD(/CD?) media.  the idea of
 spraying ink around _inside_ my PC is a non-starter
 (IMHO), so I can safely rule that unit out!  (amusingly,
 it's actually one of the cheaper ones.)  yes, yes, I know
 I could avoid the lurking disaster by never loading it
 with ink, but still ....

cheers!
	-blf-
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