OpticalDrives.net deals with Optical disk drivers which drives optical disks (generally called CD-ROMs) and operational processing apparatuses having such optical disk drivers therein, and more particularly to an optical disk driver using a top-loading mechanism and an operational processing apparatus having such an optical disk driver therein. Today, optical-based data storage systems are commercially competitive due to their high storage density, relatively low cost, and random access capability. It is possible to construct a driver circuit for driving various drive motors within an optical disk drive device by adding only one driver to a conventional driver circuit and, thus, it becomes possible to make the drive circuit as a single chip IC.

An optical disk driver using a top-loading mechanism is coupled to an operational processor, such as a personal computer. The term "a top-loading mechanism" means a mechanism for inserting and/or ejecting an optical disk via a top surface of the optical disk driver. Additionally, a display unit used for the operational processor can be located on an operational processing apparatus comprising such an optical disk driver and an operational processor. You can click on to OpticalDrives.net for more information on Optical Disk Drive Drivers.