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400exrules
03-20-2005, 08:01 PM
Yo my cd rom just decided to commit suicide and stop working like a year ago and ive been thinkin about buyin another one. My uncle works with computers and he said he could install one so i was wonderin which ones are good. And is their anything i can do to make sure that it is in fact broken before i go spend the $$$ for anew one. And ill just be usin it for games so wuts a good one to get and around how much are they.
and i know nothing about cd-roms so fill me in plz

i dunno if it makes a difference but i have an HP pavilion 7935
400exrules
03-21-2005, 05:45 PM
anyone.......? idk wut to buy, i dont want to buy a sh*t cd-rom. wut r some good ones
Syrus
03-21-2005, 08:55 PM
I bought a LG cd rom with burner, seems good.
400exrules
03-21-2005, 09:00 PM
arent their different speeds u can get or somethin, like 4x and 8x?

wuts a good speed for playin games online?
DeerNuts
03-21-2005, 10:18 PM
Im thinking maybe 24x, because thats what I think my laptop has.

I could be wrong though, I never claimed to be a computer expert.:p
Punk'd
03-21-2005, 11:20 PM
Mine are fried so I just send all my stuff downstairs to that computer and burn cd's down there:D
ballisticpb
03-22-2005, 10:59 AM
most common speed for CDROM drives is 52X. if you are changing the drive just go with a CDRW they are just about the same price. Most common CDRW 52x,32X,52x.

LG makes great Drives. Liteon makes good drives as well. i would stay away from sony drives. they just dont seem to hold up like other drives on the market do.

Liteon Drive (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-106-977&depa=0)
LG Drive (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-136-033&depa=0)

CDrom Drives start at $12
CDRW Drives Start at $22
DVDRW Drvies Start At $59
400exrules
03-22-2005, 01:50 PM
Originally posted by ballisticpb
most common speed for CDROM drives is 52X. if you are changing the drive just go with a CDRW they are just about the same price. Most common CDRW 52x,32X,52x.

LG makes great Drives. Liteon makes good drives as well. i would stay away from sony drives. they just dont seem to hold up like other drives on the market do.

Liteon Drive (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-106-977&depa=0)
LG Drive (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-136-033&depa=0)

CDrom Drives start at $12
CDRW Drives Start at $22
DVDRW Drvies Start At $59

NICE! thanks! thats just wut im looking for :D