tubaman

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I've got a couple of old cd-rom drives I'd like to sell, but they don't have the speed listed on them, and I haven't found in windows where it tells you what speed they are. Does anyone know of a program that can do this for me?, or of a good place too look, or if you'd be willing to buy them sight unseen, I"d be willing to part with both of them for 30 bucks, shipping included.

thewalrus

What do the labels say? Do a search on google with their part numbers. Also, you can buy 20x/48x drives on eBay or local computer shows for $10-15.

tubaman

I didn't think of that, the google part I mean. I know cdroms are as cheap as eggs anymore, but you never know, some one may want them. I sold a VCR on Ebay that didn't work, so why couldn't I sell these. I'll probably just throw them away. Thanks though.

thewalrus

Your trash is someone else's treasure. Sell them on ebay.

tubaman

Yup

wolf68k

Try Nero InfoTool and Nero CD Speed
If you have Nero installed, then you already have these in the Start Menu in Nero's listing for Nero Toolkit

thejman

Nero...checks for you, and gives you _x and actual kb/s or mb/s throughput

tubaman

Thanks guys, I just went thru google and found what I needed. If anyone has a use for a 12x Cyberdrive or a 4x NEC make me an offer. IF not, they'll probably go in the trash.

wolf68k

CD Drives always good for backups until you can get a better replacement, or for building trash systems (a little crap system that you try to screw up some how just to see what happens, like putting a virus on it)

tubaman

I've got 3 computers in my room with a total of 5 cd drives, and 6 hard drives split between them. I've still got the 2 cdroms, 1 2.1gb hard drive, and 2 1.44mb disk drives. Pluse I've got a spare computer with a cd and dual hard drives, So I've got plenty to goof around with.

knorki

looked at the BIOS ? no safemode activated ? or like so...