To Mike and others:

My 2 cents.  I just picked up a computer for my daughter.   Cyrix Pr200 with
a
2.1 GHd and a Smart 100x CDROM.  When I started to load some software using
the
CD Rom (Corel WPerfect) I started getting numerous crashes and blue screen
errors "cannot write to Drive C".  When I recovered from that, I found using
Explorer that the directory was trashed.  There were folder/file names that
were
unreadable and couldn't be deleted.  Needless to say, I took the system back
to
the dealer.  (I think he is going to move the CDROM to the top bay, but I
wonder
if the cases are made internally of thin aluminum, how can they not transmit
the
vibrations generated from the near supersonic speed of the spinning CDROM!
Further comments about this are welcome.

Jean Bourvic

Mike Buraczewski wrote:

> I don't know if the vibration is severe enough to cause this problem.  It
> sounds much more likely that you are just plain unlucky.  However, your
> statement about the cyberdrive CD is interesting.  I think this is the
> second message that has something about the Cyberdrive vibration, and I
know
> that 3 months ago, I upgraded a system with a Cyberdrive 24x that vibrated
> like crazy with some CDs.  It has worried me since that I would be getting
> that machine back for rebuild, but it seems to read alright, and has not
> experienced a failure other than noise and vibration.  However, based upon
> other messages like this, I don't think I will use the Cyberdrive again.
>