CD-ROM drive compatible with foreign material?

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I bought this CD drive back in December and put it in, it's ok, sometimes it doesn't register when I insert a disc (maybe because it came without software? I don't know), but so far that's not been too big a problem. My main concern at the moment is if it will be able to play DVDs from Europe. I am in the US and everything here is Region-1, but I am thinking about importing a boxset of DVDs from Europe, which are Region-2. Can I just pop the disc into this thing and it'll play, no questions asked? Like I said, it came with no software, so if I had to fiddle with settings I'm not sure how I would. When I bought it it came with no documentation, and searching the model + region didn't return anything, so I'm not sure how to know what its limits are, in terms of what it can do.

GH24NS90B 24 X SATA Super Multi DVD+/-RW Internal Drive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00632SB2I/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 
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Phillip Corcoran
The only software you need for a DVD reader/writer is burning software and a software DVD player for playing movies, but neither of those are needed to read CD or DVD data discs.

The region code can be changed in the device's "Properties" page for most DVD drives, but not all. There's also a limit to how many times you can change it (five I think).

Right-click the drive's icon and choose Properties.
Click the Hardware tab.
Highlight the DVD drive model.
Click the Properties button.
Click the 'DVD Region' tab.
Select desired region.
Click 'OK'.

Mine's already been changed by the manufacturer to play movie discs produced for Europe (Region 2) of course, and it says there are four changes left.
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The only software you need for a DVD reader/writer is burning software and a software DVD player for playing movies, but neither of those are needed to read CD or DVD data discs.

The region code can be changed in the device's "Properties" page for most DVD drives, but not all. There's also a limit to how many times you can change it (five I think).

Right-click the drive's icon and choose Properties.
Click the Hardware tab.
Highlight the DVD drive model.
Click the Properties button.
Click the 'DVD Region' tab.
Select desired region.
Click 'OK'.

Mine's already been changed by the manufacturer to play movie discs produced for Europe (Region 2) of course, and it says there are four changes left.
 
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I see. Does that affect only the DVDs, or does it restrict CD's and other software too? I don't mind having a dedicated Region-2 drive on my PC, since I have other separate DVD and Bluray players I can always use for American movies. I'm just wondering if I wanted to install a US game sometime in the future would it lock that out?

Or maybe I could just get a second CD drive if it ever became necessary. Would it be possible to have one set to Region-1 and the second set to Region-2, or do they both have be the same?

 
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