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Does anyone know anything about DVD/CD ROM Drives?

My computer broke down and I want to try and salvage some of the parts, I have a friend who wants the DVD/CD drive but I have no idea how to tell if it would be compatible with her computer. she has a gateway and this is from an HP, would it work?

Also, my new tower is a DELL and there doesnt seem to be any place to plug in the speakers, I plugged them into the out and they are so quiet I can barely hear anything & I turned all the volume up all the way.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The DVD drive should fit any PC.

    Check the volume control by clicking the speaker icon in the system tool bar at the bottom of the screen

  • 1 decade ago

    PhilipW already answered about DVD.. What refers to sound:

    1) try to connect speakers directly to your sound card (back side of case - unplug that wire which goes to front and place wire from your speakers. )

    2) if that don't help, you shold check how great is the resistance of your speakers. Should be about 2 to 8(last=headphones) ohms If it is too small, you could try to add a resistor or simply plug some other speakers in serial(but before - check if your speakers don't go in shortcut(ground is connected to wave vire))..

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