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CD-ROM disappears
Name: Andrew (by thehobboy) Date: January 13, 2008 at 17:02:54 Pacific OS: windows XP/Vista CPU/Ram: AMD and 1 gigabyte Product: Acer Aspire 5100
Comment:
After use with a cd and then I put another in, the CD-ROM disappears from My Computer and Device Manager. The Problem goes away after a restart. I have had it in the Manufactures repair shop twice and they said there is nothing wrong with it. Then, I get it home and it happens again. Do you guys have any suggestions?
Name: aegis Date: January 13, 2008 at 17:52:42 Pacific
Reply:
I had the same sort of a problem with a DVD drive. After I burned one or maybe two DVDs in a row, the drive would disappear. I finally discovered that it was because the drive was getting too hot. I removed the drive from the case and installed it externally using a USB adapter and didn't have any more problems. It 'was' in the upper front corner where there is very little air movement and I think that was the reason.
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Response Number 3
Name: Andrew (by thehobboy) Date: January 15, 2008 at 13:14:13 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks. I have 2 seperate HDD's. Do you have any suggestions about cooling off the CD-ROM in a notebook?I really do not want to open it up
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