Author: William Penn
Date: 07:36:06 12/09/05
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On December 09, 2005 at 10:05:36, Henrik Dinesen wrote: >On December 09, 2005 at 09:57:42, William Penn wrote: > >>On December 09, 2005 at 04:14:43, Marek Soszynski wrote: >> >>>http://chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=258 >> >>Thanks for the info. Once again I don't have a DVD-ROM drive so cannot consider >>buying it. Software must come on CD-ROM or be downloadable. Maybe I will buy a >>new computer someday with a DVD-ROM drive but that could be 2-3 years in the >>future. I cannot put a DVD-ROM drive in my current configuration because of >>overheating problems, etc. >>WP > >Now, if you already have CD drive, you could consider to put a DVD in instead. >You know, these costs very little, and they read any CD format as well. >You wont get more heat, and you don't need anything else besides the drive. > >Regards >Henrik My floppy drive, 2 hard drives, and CD-ROM drive are stacked on top of each other. They are very close together, practically touching, so can't get air circulation between them. I monitor the temperatures and my hard drives run hot already. One of them, the one in the middle, is near the temperature limit! I put in an extra fan to try to cool them but it doesn't do much good. As for swapping the CD-ROM for a DVD-ROM drive... I don't know what would happen if I need to reinstall my OEM Windows op system in this Compaq computer from the recovery CDs. The recovery CDs were burnt on my current CD-ROM drive. They are very sensitive to changes in configuration and might not work right if the CD-ROM drive or other internal components are changed. That would be a major headache, so I won't take the risk. So I won't have a DVD-ROM available until I buy a new computer someday, maybe 2-3 years in the future. WP
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