My computer has a cdrw drive and i want to install a normal cdrom drive so i dont wear out the cdrw drive. what do i have to do where do i plug it into? theres a cable comming from the cdrw drive do i use that one or a seperate cable? and what do i change in BIOs www.amazd.co.nz

I wouldn't worry about the wear and tear on the CDRW and so should you. When Google isn't your best pal

It depends on what and how many drives, CD's, and hard drives you have. I used to do this, because I didn't need a CDROM as a source to "burn" a CD. In my case, I jumpered the "burner" as master on the second IDE, that is, the "long" or "end" of the cable, and put the CDROM jumpered as "slave" on the came cable, to the "middle connector" You need to go into the bios, and "autodetect" and make sure it says the appropriate, ie "CDROM" etc, or else manually select the setting--in some bios's.

You can get a new DVD burner for $40 or less so I wouldn't sweat the wear ond tear on your CDRW.

hey cool where can i get that i am in auckland New Zealand? www.amazd.co.nz

Probably not there! best of luck Frank :