Re: cd rw install problems

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

From: Bob Knowlden (nkbob_at_comcast.net)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:56:57 -0500

I learned what little I know of PCs in a completely unsystematic manner,
over the past ten years (twenty, if you include my Macintosh days).

I think the Que series by Scott Mueller looks good. (Maybe too much
information.) The eighth edition of it (from early 1997) is online:

http://cma.zdnet.com/book/upgraderepair/

The information is dated, but it'll give you a taste of what the book is
like. It's clearly written.

The current edition is the 16th. It's a bit expensive (list $60 US), but you
can get it for much less than that (Amazon $36).

"crash28804" <crash28804@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EEF688F1-8943-486B-88B2-518156223CC0@microsoft.com...
> Many thanks to Bob & BAR...yes, the jumper setup to C S solved the issue.
> However, I have a related question about where does one learn (except
> through
> encountering these problems and visiting newsgroups!) basics of computer
> construction and settings such as this? I'm no expert but I'm also fairly
> adept at electronics and a reasonably quick learner. Before today, I had
> no
> idea about jumpers on the cd drive and still don't really understand why
> they
> are there and what the options for the jumpers might entail or why one
> setting is chosen over another. Any advice on where to learn this stuff?
> (ie: Books or online resources perhaps)
> Anyway, thanks again for advice to solve this.
> mvdunn
>
(snip)

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