[wellylug] CDs and CD Audio and Things

Lindsay Hunter klhunter at paradise.net.nz
Tue Mar 9 13:14:51 NZDT 2004


Asustek  have a motherboard that does that.  I guess the board would be 
powered up but not running.  I think it is the A7V ~ 600 model.

Lindsay

Klenner, Colin wrote:

>My brother-in-law is in Thailand and previously in Singapore. He was back in
>New Zealand over Christmas and we were discussing something similar to this.
>
>He reported that there are PC's for sale in Asia that allow the CD-drive to
>act independently of the Pc in that the PC can be completely powered off but
>the CD drive, which is built into the top of the machine, can still be used
>to play CD's. They have done something smart with the power supply to allow
>the CD drive to function and still drive the sound output as well, but the
>machine itself can be shutdown.
>
>Power supply is still required.
>
>Is this what you are wanting? If this was for sale in NZ it would please a
>lot of people.
>
>Colin
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
>[mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Chris Hodgetts
>Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 4:09 PM
>To: WellyLUG
>Subject: [wellylug] CDs and CD Audio and Things
>
>
>Now I know I "Could" do this via MP3, and I could do this with a whole
>computer, but to save space and for ease of use, I am going to ask :)
>
>Does anyone know how to do the following....
>
>Get a ComputerCDRom to play an audio CD in repeate mode .. When it's not
>attatched to ANYTHING...
>
>When it has just power and the audio out cables in it.....
>
>Or can I make an Audio CD that will force a repeat , 
>
>Any ideas, and no I cant run a computer or play MP3's..... I need to have
>just a stand alone CD Player...
>
>Any ideas?
>
>
>  
>




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