We love that modern laptops have become so slim and light, but we aren’t happy about the disappearance of ports and features. It’s been forever since I’ve seen a laptop with an optical disc drive! If ...

What’s happened? PlayStation 5 was never meant to be a regular CD player. Sony intentionally disabled CD support on both the PS4 and PS5, so inserting a standard CD into the console simply doesn’t ...

Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create backups—especially with modern laptops, which are usually supplied without a drive.

In this increasingly digital era, physical media has become a thing of the past in most circles. There is, however, sustained interest in such supposedly antiquated tech. Some examples of this include ...

You may think the reason a CD/DVD driver error appears is that people are using outdated technology to upgrade their Windows 7 computer. But this can actually happen ...

These days, a movie night usually involves cuddling up on the couch, turning on Netflix, and picking another rom-com movie from its list of never-ending shows. However, before the age of streaming ...

The “Valid ATAPI Device cannot be found” error usually shows up when you’re trying to update firmware or check your CD/DVD drive, but the drive doesn’t appear ...

Apple hasn’t sold a MacBook with an actual CD/Drive drive in almost eight years. The last one was the 13-inch MacBook Pro that was released in mid-2012, which Apple sold until late 2016. Ever since, ...

Most of today’s PC builds feature cases with open space and plenty of locations for fans so that you can keep things nice and cool. You tend to see plenty of options with glass siding so that you can ...