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Hi
 If the case you have is the grey and green minitower then the
 Cd-Rom drive you'll need is the older BTC 6x/8x/10x and I think the
 12x drive. The curved plastic "nose" piece clips onto the tray. BTC
 manufactured the drives under a multitude of different brands
 Creative is one. The newer drives have a trapdoor that the tray
 pops out through, and unfourtunately the nose bit will not clip on to the
 newer style tray. I don't think the old style tray is still made.
  To get the cover off, open the hinged  front panel, [pivots right to left]
 inside you'll see a half round recessed handle.. just above it is a small
 diagramed locking fastener, turn it with a screwdriver to unlocked
 and pull the half round handle forward and the cover will slide off.
  A used Cd-rom drive should cost around the $30 to $40 range in the
 newsgroups.
 There is an additional bay under the cd-rom that a newer drive can be
fitted
 but you'd have to open the front "door" to use it.
  Sounds basic but have you tried a lens cleaner cd. The cd-rom drives
  have the face plates removed and they tend to get a lot of crud in them.
  Regards  Kent,  Cairns Qld.

N Gilmore wrote:
> 
> This drive is curved to suite the case. Can I substitute a standard drive
> instead?

yes, dam proprietary cases. You dont have to get another proprietary
cdrom drive. You should have an empty slot for the standard cdrom. Rails
may be another problems tho

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From an aesthetics point of view - I don't think so. It may be however that
your computer case has a face plate which just fits over a standard ACER CDROM.
You can certainly replace it with a standard CDROM drive (don't get an acer -
there's much better brands available. I've sold a lot of AOpen drives, and love
em: I bumped into a customer last night who told me his is fantastic. My advise
would be to find a reliable local shop who'll get you a 40x AOpen drive, and
stuff how your system looks (BTW, AOpen isn't the only good brand, I just
happen to know they are reliable:)

Mark Osborne
EarthedCT@Hotmail.com
http://earthed.alphalink.com.au

N Gilmore wrote:

> I have this Acer Aspire P100 PC model: 2560e. Cdrom drive is busted and I
> don't have any tech manuals for assembly / disassembly etc (these cases are
> tough to figure out). Acer Australia offer a big attitude like: "we cannot
> give this info to non Acer people" , their internet site is no better.
>
> This drive is curved to suite the case. Can I substitute a standard drive
> instead?
>
> Regards,
>
> Nir Gilmore