Deep down inside, notebook CD-ROM drives are designed very similarly. Compaq,
HP, IBM, and the others all modify a stock CD-ROM drive with a plastic front
bezel to match the notebook case and added brackets and widgets for the drive to
fit inside the notebook chassis of their design.

All this being said, you are best off to replace the CD-ROM drive with another
made for the same model of notebook or another Compaq which uses the same drive.
Replacement is usually not too hard, involving the release of some inside latch,
removal of the old drive, snapping the new one in place.

Consult the owner's manual for your model of notebook... Ben Myers

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 23:42:32 GMT, "algae" wrote:

Beginning to think that myself. Tom I haven't swaped out a cd rom (or
anything else for that matter) from a notebook. Is it a big deal? Also what
about compatibilty with other cd rom drives?
Tia for any info.
Gary
"Tom Scales" wrote in message
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SOunds like a sick drive to me
"algae" wrote in message
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Yes it runs fine on another pc.
G.
"Quaoar" wrote in message
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algae wrote:
Yes I'm seeing that. However when I switch to the E drive and typ
setup.exe I get a "CDR101: Not ready reading drive E. Abort, Retry,
Fail." message.

Gary

"Quaoar" wrote in message
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algae wrote:
Not sure about that. I can only assume it was working correctly
when
I got it. I guess I can take the bottom off the laptop and check it
out.
G.
"Wolfram Nickl" wrote in message
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cdrom correctly installed - cabels? master/slave?

When booting from the floppy with CD-ROM support, you should see the
installation of the basic ATAPI drivers for the CD-ROM scroll up on
the screen. AIRC, the word "OAK" appears on these lines of text.
Do you see this text when booting from the floppy?

You should boot from the floppy with the installation CD in the
drive. After the boot completes, at the command prompt (A:\) type:
E:\setup.exe[enter].

Q

Does the CD mount OK on another computer? Can you read the files on
another computer?

Q