cd rom drive shuts down

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if left idle for extended time actual drive is off- drawer refuses to open..
going into MY COMPUTER, cd-rom " ICON " has dissappeared..
have to " RE-BOOT " to get cd-rom on and visible'
thx magicmawk

's Computer Specifications

Sounds like a Power Management issue. Poke around in Control Panel,
Power Options.

magicmawk wrote:

> if left idle for extended time actual drive is off- drawer refuses to open..
> going into MY COMPUTER, cd-rom " ICON " has dissappeared..
> have to " RE-BOOT " to get cd-rom on and visible'
> thx magicmawk

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