William Wilson wrote:
>
> My son has a  CD-ROM taken from a 3 or 4 year old computer. Is there any
> way we I can find out what speed it is?  It says Matshita model #CR562-B
> and the FCC ID no. is: IUO9TB008CRB.

Same as a Panasonic CR-562-B, 2X (two speed)
See http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~psyche/cdda/CDDAresults_f.shtml

for CDrom model specifications

> He also has a Seagate harddrive taken from another computer that he was
> told is around 1 gig. in size.  It has the parameters on the drive.  He
> wants to put it in his kids machine as a second drive.  How do I hook it up
> and what jumpers need to be changed.

Set the jumper to slave on the primary IDE channel,
 or hook it up to the second IDE channel as master or slave.
You should be able find the jumper settings at:  www.seagate.com
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