I spent a summer many years ago fixing these early CD ROM drives. The primary fixes were of two types – 1) Turn up the brightness of the read head LED by way of a small pot.

CD-Rom business card to hit market. The newest gizmo to hit the new-media market is probably destined to become the latest status symbol for the terminally techie - the Business-Rom card. It is the ...

A CD-ROM that is cut into the shape of a business card after manufacture. Although variations of the full-size 120mm disc may be used, business card CDs are often cut from the smaller 80mm mini CD ...

Two Orlando companies that make CD-ROM trading cards are embroiled in litigation over which created the electronic novelties.SpaceMark International Corp. and IQROM Communications Inc. have sued ...

A cable used to send audio CD sound to the computer's sound card. When playing audio CDs, CD-ROM drives output analog sound to both a headphone jack and external connector just like a CD player.

What is the ideal setup for Hard drives and CD-Roms on IDE Controllers. I usually put my Ultra 100 hard drive on one IDE controller with a 80 pin cable and the CD-Rom on the second IDE with a 40 ...

Still, the CD-ROM drive itself wouldn't spin up, and a system check mode failed on the "CD I/F" test. The system was sending commands to the CD drive but not receiving any responses back.

But now, writes Arielle Pardes for Vice, a group of collectors has pushed the term to a new extreme by hoarding one of the most ubiquitous (and mocked) items of the late 20th century — the AOL ...