Zip drive

Today while I was burning my DVD, I noticed that I had an additional drive with a label zip 250. I looked through the internet and i found out it was better than a floppy drive! I don't know why it never displayed on the my computer screen, is it missing a driver? and where do you get the disks that go in them? (ps. im in NZ) Also, whenever i run nero 6 SE using burn music disk, it just reboots. ?????

Ok I just read through another post about computer overheating. I used CPUID to see my temp and the results are in the attatchment. I wonder does this have anything to do with the nero 6 rebooting?

Yes. Your temperatures are much higher than I would want. By comparison, my own machine's temperatures are 10 - 15* C lower than your own. Machines do vary, but I would be concerned. I am also concerned about the 12 volt power source (rail) reading at 9.35 That "under voltage" may be causing the heat and other system failures. I am presently booting up a Dell that is on my desk right now. It is very different in configuration but may produce some comparable readings. I'll post back when I have that information. What have you recently done to clean out the dust-bunnies from inside that tower?

Yes. Your temperatures are much higher than I would want.
By comparison, my own machine's temperatures are 10 - 15* C lower than your own.
Machines do vary, but I would be concerned.

I am also concerned about the 12 volt power source (rail) reading at 9.35
That "under voltage" may be causing the heat and other system failures.

I am presently booting up a Dell that is on my desk right now.
It is very different in configuration but may produce some comparable readings.
I'll post back when I have that information.

What have you recently done to clean out the dust-bunnies from inside that tower?

I have no idea about the power source because i have never looked at it before and it dosen't seem to cause any problems, even when im going at 100% cpu or graphics intense games . Also I am buying a new computer because my this one is pretty old so there is quite alot of dust on it. When I have my new computer I will clean my old one as I still intend to keep it.

What about the zip drive and what are the blocks next to my name for??? I turned into an Authentic member today and I have two blocks now

Zip Drives were put on the market and were included as hardware in many new desktop computers as a sort of innovative place-holder between the time that 3.5in Floppy Disks were what we all relied upon and eventually when we could all easily burn an Audio, Image, Data, or .ISO CD using our own computer. Home/Office use of Tape Drives also came into existence, but had poor durability and were very slow due to the nature of reading or writing to the spooled tapes. These tape drives are not to be compared to Industrial tape drives that had a much more versatile and extensive use in high-end main-frame machines. CD's were widely in use in the music industry and had already become the media of choice for operating system installation, but it was expensive to have a CD Burner. That changed rapidly and zip drives started disappearing as quickly as they came into existence. I have one or two Iomega Zip Drives and 30 or so zip-disks that have old business and home data on them. I have gradually switched over to store that data onto CD's and now DVD's. Floppies could contain a little over (1) one single MB of data (1.44mb) if the disk was HD2 high density, or only 756kb if single density. Zip Drives could contain either 100mb or 250mb, which was a dramatic improvement. The disks themselves were comparatively expensive. Later we could start burning CD's that can store 756MB of data, rapidly, durably and cheaply. And now we have DVD Burners that can put more than 4gb onto a single DVD disk. Your Zip Drive is perhaps of "historical interest", but I sure wouldn't recommend using it for any long-term storage, particularly because Zip Drive Drivers are hard to come by, more easily corrupted, and the disks themselves are little more durable than Floppies. Of even worse nostalgic and historical interest is what existed before 3.5 harded Floppies… the true "Floppy" was 5 1/4 inch and was in fact quite "floppy" in construction. Hope this is what you wanted to know. Doug

📎Little_Squares.jpg Are these two red squares what you are asking about? They represent that various people have "rated" you as trustworthy in your advice or they have in some other way wished to increase your credibility or express there appreciation for your posts. You can earn up to 5 squares. It is simply a feature of the Forum Board structure. If you are referring to something else, please let me know. Doug

They represent that various people have "rated" you as trustworthy in your advice or they have in some other way wished to increase your credibility or express there appreciation for your posts.

LOL That was the squares i was talking about (was it a coincidence that I turned into Authentic member on the same day?)
Anyway maybe the undervoltage was caused by my socket that had an extention cord which had 6 sockets on the end. One was for my computer, one for my fax, one for printer (usally off) , one for another phone, one for my router. Too much plugs??

It the gang-plug is a suitable surge protector, then I'd say that the usage is not unusual for many computer users. You could try unplugging all but the computer and see what your HW Monitor has to report. The 12volt rail is dependent upon the correct conversion inside the Power Supply Unit of your PC. I'd expect to see problems on the other voltage circuits if it was a household or extension cord problem. Is the cord or socket-gang warm/hot to the touch. If so, replace it!