Opps, (dumb question of mine...)
There "seemed" to be no way of mounting a standard CD-ROM drive
in the open bay to the right.  I never noticed the bottom mounting
screw holes on a "normal" CD-Drive before...     Thanks,  Rick

From: "Joe Baire"
> I just happen to have a friends Gateway 2000 on my bench that I am working
> on now (bad hard drive).  It looks like to me the easiest thing to do if you
> want to keep cost down, is purchase a standard internal IDE CD-ROM drive and
> install in the internal drive bay behind the drop down door (push button on
> top of case) to the right of the existing CD drive.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick Glazier <[log in to unmask]>
> > My sister-in-law was given a Gateway P5-200.
> > The CD-ROM seems to be "cranky" about reading
> > factory pressed CD disks. (I changed the cable to
> > a new one, same problem.)
> > The CD front plastic is sort of molded into and part of
> > the rest of the case. (It is not a standard drive like
> > I am used to.)

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