A CD-ROM drive can be used as a stand-alone unit for playing digital audio CDs without interfacing with a computer. The stereo output of CD player available at the audio jack can be amplified using ...

Apologies in advance for the ridiculously dumb question...<BR><BR>So, I'm at work in a new office, new computer (a funky old Compaq). It has 1 cd-rom, 1 cd-rw, and 3 ports on the back panel which are ...

Photographers looking to build their very own macro photography studio may be interested in a project featured on the Instructables website which uses an old CD ROM drive as the platform to create an ...

I bought a Creative CD5233E for $34 but haven't been able to track down any reviews on it so I'm thinking of returning it. Also, I'm not sure about the differences between it and the new 52X Creative ...

Recently I had a conversation with a coworker who asked me about CD-ROM drives. They purchased a new PC a year or so ago and it does not have an optical drive. This wasn’t a problem until they came ...