Help.. Our old cd rom drive died,and all I can find are cd/rw drives. Can these drive be used as a main cd rom unit or should they be left only for writing purposes?? ================================================== 02-02-03, 01:43 AM Dwight A CD-RW can be used to both read and write CDs. If you replace your CD drive with a CD-RW you will have a fully functional CD drive.
Be careful when selecting your new CD-RW that you have sufficient RAM and processor capability for the unit you purchase.
A good cheap unit is the Memorex 48/12/48. System Requirements:
PC with Intel® Pentium® processor 166MHz or faster; Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000, ME or XP; available 5.25" half-width drive bay; 64MB RAM; sound card to record/playback audio files; open IDE connector; SVGA monitor and comes with Nero burning software.
It sells for about $70 at Best Buy and they often have $20 mail-in rebates on the unit.
About your old CD-ROM drive. Sometimes the ribbon cable works itself loose and then the drive won't work. You might want to open up your computer and try tightening the ribbon cable at both the CD drive and Mother board ends. I have seen this happen several times.
Also, you can open the Device Manager and select and delete the CD drive. Then restart your computer. The driver will be automatically reinstalled. This often fixes a CD-ROM by replacing a damaged driver file.
I hope this helps!
Dwight ================================================== 02-02-03, 02:15 AM ivnj With rebate that's a good deal! But if there's no rebate then try this:
ivnj ================================================== 02-02-03, 02:48 AM Dwight Congratulations to our newest "Enthusiast", ivnj!!!
Dwight ================================================== 02-02-03, 04:34 AM sonnet26 I'll second that!
Way to go, ivnj! Congratulations for your hard work. ================================================== 02-02-03, 08:06 AM Byter I'd like to also offer congratulations, IVNJ. One question though: What did YOu do with all the "Y"s and "O"s that Sonnet gave YOu for Christmas to go with your "U"s ? Confused Big Grin Wink ================================================== 02-02-03, 08:23 AM redder Well Done ivnj! ================================================== 02-02-03, 12:27 PM MkStfnz Great job, ivnj! ================================================== 02-02-03, 01:20 PM Di ivnj
Made the 'gold'?? Congratulations ! Well deserved.... ================================================== 02-02-03, 01:31 PM jusork Congrats, ivnj.
Maybe you can post what your name means on the post in the enthusiat cabana. Smile ================================================== 02-02-03, 02:16 PM ivnj Well, its about time! Tnks!
Anyway, where is that section! Also somebody wrote me and said post in the LOOK lOOK LOOK thing in the Discussion Room! But I can't find any Discussion Room Section!
As for the name just somethnig I made up! Short for (ivin jay) No special meaning!
ivnj ================================================== 02-02-03, 02:35 PM jusork On the main page, just scroll all the way down. It's all in a group called general discussion. Be sure to take a look in the Silver Threads too. ================================================== 02-02-03, 07:04 PM ivnj I found it, TNKS!
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