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Old 07-22-2004, 01:43 PM   #1
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CD-ROM help

hi i have an old CD rom which ive had for ages and i want to put a external switch on it.... but with the CD rom it had an auto retract on it in which it retracts after about 3-4 seconds...

question is... can i turn it off so i have to press a button to open and close it...

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Old 07-22-2004, 05:25 PM   #2
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What kind of CD drive is it?

You may want to take a look at the jumpers.
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its a normal creative 48X CD-ROM
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Old 07-23-2004, 08:37 AM   #4
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there are 2 set of jumpers on the back of the cd rom drive.. 1 for the master, slave etc... and the other has no description on it... ive played around with it and it dont seem to do anything...
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