Just Killed my CD Rom

[MattCo]

Crap!

I have my digital camera plugged into my front USB port on my tower, and somehow it hit the eject button on my Kenwood TrueX CD ROM drive as I was standing up. In my infinite clumsiness, my leg simultaneously hit the extending tray and yanked it out.

If this ever happens to you I also know what not to do after this happens.... Do not try to jam the tray back in!!! I tried to and after growling at me and moving the tray back and forth a thousand times it locked up the PC.

I had to remove the drive ( and adjust the master/slave connections) just to get it to boot properly.

Anyone have any ideas for what to do with a dead CD ROM????

-MC

 

[GoingUp]

You broke your cupholder?!! :Q

 

[KingNothing]

Get a wooden (not aluminum, they tend to break) bat and use it for batting practice.

 

[spanky]

ebay it "as-is" :Q

 

[manly]

I think my old PC's secondary IDE controller went out, and took a CD-ROM and CD-RW burner out with it. I've been too lazy to test the drives in a different PC though. Wanted to pick up one of the Presario 6000Z deals at Staples, but was not willing to pay $75 for shipping.

 

[MattCo]

Originally posted by: KingNothing
Get a wooden (not aluminum, they tend to break) bat and use it for batting practice.

Not a bad idea, I could play the "Die M*$*&# F#$I))" music from Office space and put a mob hit on it.

-MC

 

[SherEPunjab]

get a new one.

 

[MattCo]

Not a bad idea, but that would be slower than my CDR that I have on my secondary IDE.

-MC

 

[SherEPunjab]

its cheap and its 32x.

i can't recall but i thought software can't really read over a certain speed anyway?

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: MattCo

Originally posted by: KingNothing
Get a wooden (not aluminum, they tend to break) bat and use it for batting practice.

Not a bad idea, I could play the "Die M*$*&# F#$I))" music from Office space and put a mob hit on it.

-MC

I like Just video tape it and/or take pictures

 

[Mrfrog840]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
You broke your cupholder?!! :Q