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#CDROM DRIVE CLEANING

    15-Jan-93 01:20:29
Sb: #CDROM DRIVE CLEANING
Fm: JAMES . BARAKATT 74250,3446
To: EVERYONE
I HAVE NEC 84 CDROM DRIVE WITH PROAUDIO SPECTRUM 16 SOUND BOARD. LATELY I HAVE EXPERIENCED SKIPPING OR GAPS IN SOUND ESPECIALLY IN WINDOWS WITH MUSICAL CDROM DISCS. I HAVE CHECKED ALL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. THERE IS NO APPARENT CONFLICT IN EITHER JUMPER SETTINGS OR PROGRAM IRQ. WHAT'S MY PROBLEM ? HOW DO I DETERMINE IF CDROM DRIVE IS MISALIGNED OR NEEDS CLEANING ANED IF EITHER, HOW DO I REPAIR ? IF NEITHER, THEN WHAT MIGHT BE WRONG ? I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE. THANKS. JIM