Kirsten:
           While I'm not usually a believer in "coatings" as a repair for
anything.. I have been using a product called" 303 Sonic Blast" on both
audio and CD roms.
It has fixed the annoying "stuttering" that a few music CD's had as well as
made CD roms readable. It can be purchased on the internet.
            As far as the spinning, we have a 1996 NEC Ready machine which
does that when I'm impatient to get the CD out of the machine. Count to 5,
then eject the CD.. that may just be it!!
Rich Tabas
Philly, Pa.

Kristen K Smith wrote:

> Hello all -
> I have a Mitsumi CD-ROM FX400D that came installed in my Acer Aspire in
> 1995.  Over the past several months, it has picked up two annoying
> habits.
>
> 1)  It has a tendency to make loud "thunking" noises when certain CD's
> are put in.  I am assuming that it is encountering dirt on the CD's -
> sometimes cleaning them has helped.  Does this sound like a reasonable
> assumption?  One of the CD's it has the most problems with seems like it
> may also have a couple small scratches.  Has anyone had any experiences
> with CD-ROM repair kits?  Today, I found one at OfficeMax that seems to
> coat the scratches with a clear gloss, but I hesitate to try it.
>
> 2)  The other problem I've noticed is that the CD's often are still
> spinning when I open the CD-ROM drawer.  The programs are shut down -
> sometimes for as long as 15 minutes before I remove the CD, so this is
> not the problem.  Does anyone have any other thoughts as to why the
> CD-ROM drive is not stopping the CD's from spinning when done?

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