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    Expensive Sushi thebigtx's Avatar
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    Stealth solution for Slot DVD drive?

    I have a problem and wanted to ask the masses what possible solutions they know of. I am going to build a new PC, but in an attempt to save cash I'm keeping a number of components from my old system. One of these components is a slot DVD drive. The ones where no tray comes out. Ok, well My dilemma is I want a cool looking case..silver or something, but I don't want to have beige drives showing all the time. I figured stealthing could be done on the burner, but what about the floppy and the slot DVD drive?

    ANy reccomendations would be greatly appreciated. Also, pics would help out a lot too.

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    There is a stealth mod guide for a floppy, but after reading through it, I found it would be a pain to do for something I dont really care about since its black like case. For you either search engine for it, dye it to match, get a case with a door, or reverse it so you insert from inside of case like muisejt. As for slot load DVD, im really not sure. I doubt there is a stealth mod, other than cutting up the bay cover exposing the slot and the button.

    EDIT: Heres adress http://www.subzerotech.com/index.php..._display&id=15
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    Slot loads can be stealthed, sort of.

    You have to cover the face of the DVD drive, just like you do when normally stealthing a drive, so you can press the corner and hit the EJECT button. but, you can cut a slot into your bezel face-plate cover to match the slot on the DVD drive. That way you have matching face-plates for your whole case. one just has a slot that you can slip your DVD into. You will have to experiment to see how far the DVD comes out to see if it will clear the bezel face-plate and you can grab it and pull it out.

    Make sense?

    I hardly ever use my floppy drive, so I will end up reversing it. Just mount it backwards in your case and leave the stock bezel face-plate in place. That should stealth the floppy drive OK. Then, for the very few times I do need the floppy drive, I can just pull the side off the case (which I do fairly frequently, anyway) and insert the floppy disk that way.

    Hope that helps.
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