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| Thread ID: 17517 | 2002-04-06 08:46:00 | CD Drives - compatability & approx $$ | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 42218 | 2002-04-06 08:46:00 | A response from a previous posting has me yet again requesting expert advise. It's regarding replacing a tired CD drive (which I won't be doing until it refuses to run all my CDs). I am a computer idiot, so bear with me and my incorrect computer terms. I noticed Dick Smith advertising a CD drive 45?? speed (can't find the leaflet). My pc has a 32 speed. Will a faster speed CD drive be compatible with my Celeron 3000 MMX CPU? I've just upgraded to a 20GB hard drive and added another 128 Mb of Ram which has improved performance. Apart from not wanting to spent anymore money on my PC (my husband thinks $1 is too much to spend on something I spend most of my time cursing over; better spent on boats and fishing!) - I'm concerned upgrading is more trouble than it's worth. Trying to upgrade the graphics card has caused more freezing than my fridge! Should I just forget about further upgrades, drive my pc into the ground, put it out to pasture and eventually buy new? Elle | Guest (0) | ||
| 42219 | 2002-04-06 09:01:00 | Hi Elle Check your previous post as I put up a late response that might give your present CD Rom a further lease of life. Mind you, if all you want is a straight CD reader then the cost is not at all prohibitive. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
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| 42220 | 2002-04-06 09:46:00 | Most CD-ROM drives should be compatible. I assume you are after an IDE CD-ROM drive. These are around $85 brand new for a 52x one. Be aware that generally the faster the drive the noisier. JM |
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