His use of a 3-phase motor from a CD-ROM drive as the generator isn’t particularly unexpected, these motors are ubiquitous and readily generate power when spun up.

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My girlfriend has an old PB laptop (Athlon XP Mobile 2200+ vintage) with a broken (physically snapped off!) CD ROM drive. Windows XP (original install, 4+ years old) finally gave up the ghost. in ...

CD-ROM drives have dropped below $200 and have now become a standard drive on any new PC. CD-Recordable (CD-R) drives, which record data and images to CD discs, have dropped below $1,000 and some ...

Q: I need to replace my CD-ROM drive, which is a really slow one that came with the computer when I bought it a couple of years ago. I'm leaning toward at CD-RW drive, so I can burn my own CDs. I ...

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I can see CD-ROM in DOS, but when I load win98 - no CD (HDD light also stays on at this point). In my case, the IDE Controller is not getting IRQ 15, which it requires to load.

Originally, computer CD-ROM players, which are about the same size as a 5 1/4-inch hard disk drive, sold for $1,000 and up.

Linux distributor MandrakeSoft says some CD-ROM drives made by Korea's LG Electronics contain a flaw that makes them inoperable when used with Mandrakes' version of the open-source OS.

The company said that CD-ROM drives based on hardware from South Korean electronics manufacturer LG become inoperable when used with Mandrake Linux 9.2.

External CD-ROM drives are now widely available for less than $500, although some of the more advanced models still cost $1,000 or more. Many drives come with an assortment of software.