Presario 2100

busterb · 05-11-2007, 10:12 PM

This perhaps should be in the humor thread?
Someone brought me a Compaq presario 2100 today. Said the cd-rom wasn't working.
"Because the disk wasn't spinning when he opened the tray!"

I'm guessing he has broken some mechanical thing. So I've never opened a laptop before, should I just get him an external box?
This kinda of made my day. When I plug it in, I'll post more. BTW I do this for fun? I just thought I'd would share that with all the folks here.

BB

zippyt · 05-12-2007, 01:39 AM

cd drives do die , but I would test it to see if it si truely working or not ,
if it is working ask them what is wrong with their cup rest ,
if not , cd or dvd drives are not that hard to change on a lap top any more , they are mostly modgular , and cheap

Luck to ya bud !!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-12-2007, 09:32 AM

Is this how Mike Dell got started, buster?

richlevy · 05-12-2007, 11:35 AM

Ask him to go and check if his refrigerator light is turned off when the door is closed.

Check to see if Windows recognizes the drive. Worst case, use the remove hardware/install hardware function to reinstall the drive. The driver might have gotten corrupted or 'lost'.

05-11-2007, 10:12 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Presario 2100 This perhaps should be in the humor thread? Someone brought me a Compaq presario 2100 today. Said the cd-rom wasn't working. "Because the disk wasn't spinning when he opened the tray!" I'm guessing he has broken some mechanical thing. So I've never opened a laptop before, should I just get him an external box? This kinda of made my day. When I plug it in, I'll post more. BTW I do this for fun? I just thought I'd would share that with all the folks here. BB __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

05-12-2007, 01:39 AM	#2
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	cd drives do die , but I would test it to see if it si truely working or not , if it is working ask them what is wrong with their cup rest , if not , cd or dvd drives are not that hard to change on a lap top any more , they are mostly modgular , and cheap Luck to ya bud !! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

05-12-2007, 09:32 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Is this how Mike Dell got started, buster? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-12-2007, 11:35 AM	#4
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Ask him to go and check if his refrigerator light is turned off when the door is closed. Check to see if Windows recognizes the drive. Worst case, use the remove hardware/install hardware function to reinstall the drive. The driver might have gotten corrupted or 'lost'. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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