you should have that "safely to remove hardware" in the task bar that is noramll it is done like that cause the DVD RW drive is ment to be hot swapable
just found this new program called Centrino Hardware Control you can use it to change fan speeds and read temp ..
skruer what laptop do you have nad how long have you had it
msg me if you guys like this idea , just a thought dont have time to try it my self ,but what if you got the ferrari's case and put the 8100 insides in to it from the pics i have see all the ports are in the same place as in my 8104 so...
i tryed that and i tryed speed fan but speed fan always says it is 10c cooler that that mobile meter. mobile meter =60c and speedfan=50c so i dont know withc to belive .
i also have a question about the fan it comes on but is not...