We love that modern laptops have become so slim and light, but we aren’t happy about the disappearance of ports and features.

This weekend, after an abortive CPU upgrade (swapped in a new CPU, didn't pass smoke test, so swapped back in my old CPU) my CD drives (Drives F and G) aren't showing up as CD drives in My ...

Do combo movie-watching and music-recording drives have the write stuff? Apparently PC manufacturers think so. After a slow start, combination CD-rewritable and DVD drives are showing up in computers ...

Q: I'm thinking about getting a CD-RW drive for my personal computer so that I can store family photos digitally (and so my daughter can make audio CDs using MP3 files). The problem is that I have no ...

You might think that CD players and DVD players have had their run, but as it turns out, they are absolute goldmines for DIY projects. Pop one open and you'll find stepper motors, laser assemblies, ...

hey all,<BR><BR> after seeing all the diablo 2 threads popping up here, i decided to re install it, and re play an old favorite.....which leads me to this:<BR><BR> i dunno if my cd drive is going ...

The 1.44-megabyte floppy-disk drive is an endangered species largely because its primary predator, the CD-rewritable drive, uses media that can store up to 700MB per disk and costs only about $100. CD ...

For many years now a source for some of the smallest and cheapest home made CNC mechanisms has been the seemingly never-ending supply of surplus CD and DVD-ROM drives. The linear actuator that moves ...

A CD-ROM drive can be used as a stand-alone unit for playing digital audio CDs without interfacing with a computer. The stereo output of CD player available at the audio jack can be amplified using ...