cd drive on laptop?

milnrowboy · 12-21-2006, 03:33 PM

hey i have had and used my fujitsu siemens, and have used it to its full... untill now, i have gone to open a file what had been saved to a cd, and when i go t my computer the cd drive is now showing, but the thing wht confuses me, is that the drive still has power, i have also noticed a few times, when bruning disks, on the 3rd one, it fails, i have to wait a few hrs before i can burn another disk....

can some one tell me whats goin on please

thanks

pip22 · 12-22-2006, 01:05 PM

I confess I don't understand what you're saying regarding the CD drive problem ("still has power"???).

AS for the CD-burning, it's a very processor-intensive job. This generates more heat than in normal use. Laptops stuffed with components can't remove heat as efficiently as a large, half-empty metal desktop case. So it's almost certainly a build-up of heat which affects the laptops performance. When it cools down it works OK again for a while.

Take note of where the air vents are on the laptop case and keep them well clear of obstructions, that may help.

12-21-2006, 03:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
milnrowboy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 26 OS: xp	cd drive on laptop? hey i have had and used my fujitsu siemens, and have used it to its full... untill now, i have gone to open a file what had been saved to a cd, and when i go t my computer the cd drive is now showing, but the thing wht confuses me, is that the drive still has power, i have also noticed a few times, when bruning disks, on the 3rd one, it fails, i have to wait a few hrs before i can burn another disk.... can some one tell me whats goin on please thanks __________________ 2oo7 BADBOI 2oo7

12-22-2006, 01:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
pip22 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 82 OS: XP	I confess I don't understand what you're saying regarding the CD drive problem ("still has power"???). AS for the CD-burning, it's a very processor-intensive job. This generates more heat than in normal use. Laptops stuffed with components can't remove heat as efficiently as a large, half-empty metal desktop case. So it's almost certainly a build-up of heat which affects the laptops performance. When it cools down it works OK again for a while. Take note of where the air vents are on the laptop case and keep them well clear of obstructions, that may help. Last edited by pip22; 12-22-2006 at 01:07 PM.