" One thing I really liked about the Aopen drive was its quietness. Maybe the whine was a bit loud when spinning up at first, but in no way was it louder than the whine exhibited by my beloved Asus drive. Also, it didn't have the irritating problem of pausing my system while trying to read a CD which was just inserted into the CDROM."
FULL STORY @ MULTIDIRECTION (http://8balls.multidirection.com/articles/aopencdrom/page1.cfm)
