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Question posted by johntwigg on October 31st, 2012

Adding Optical Drive

If I purchased a MSI U180, would I Have any problem adding a USB Drive e.g. ROM/Writer.   Thanks.  

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Answer #1: Posted by LightofEarendil on October 31st, 2012 12:08 PM
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It won't cause any problems. Your device has USB 2.0 ports, so you can either get USB 2.0 compaitable drives(most if not all are) or USB 3.0 drive if you want to(It's backward compatible, and would help in future if you have a device with 3.0 ports)

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