Hi.. can anyone tells why my friends CdRom became hot??

This is what happend... She got a CdWriter when she buys her Pc.. and when she needs a CdRom for watching some movies or Downloading some applications.. Her CdRom always gets up on heat when she do some watch a movie.... Is it not affected at her CdWriter because her CdWriter is just on the top of her CdRom?? was confusing if that CdRom got a defect... I've just confused coz.. she says she just buys it week ago...


hope I've got some advices on you guys bout this...


Thanks

could you please give the specifications of the new pc, also is the cd-rom/dvd external? the unit must be cd/dvd to show movies also maybe the system is under pressure to work the unit.




have a good day

Drives generate heat and too much heat can indicate a problem or simply that the system is too hot. As Dougie Quinn said, tell us more so we can try to figure out what is happening. In particular, how fast is this drive and is it a DVD?

my friend got a PentiumIV 1. something GHZ.... her CdRom was a 60x... forgot whats its name... but if i find her as soon as possible I'm going to tell to her so.. we can work it out..

thanks

Many DVD drives tend to get "hot" when watching an entire Movie.....Just how hot we're talking here I don't know. May or may not be a serious problem.

Certainly don't want to be frying eggs or (DVD's), but "warm" to the touch after a whole Movie isn't all that unusual...Depending on the drive. Some run hotter than others.
(The same is true of Movies) :p

Yea... that was the first thing i think.. thats why I told her how hot did her CdRom go...how bout if its not normal hot it goes... whats the cause of that problem?