Stealthed drive problem

[OLMI]

My girlfriend and I have now stealthed drives on two computers, but on both, whenever we close the drives, they catch on the otherdrive bay covers as they go in. :(

[subtotal]

i'd say you need to adjust it... how much are they catching by? if it's not much you could file away the area thats catching from the bottom...

[Daewood]

that is what i had to do (sand down the edges so that they dont catch) try readjusting them first but i think that the stealth drives are the coolest thing you can do in a mod :attn:

[I.M.O.G.]

How are you stealthing the drives?

It was very easy the way I did it. I removed the front cover to the cd rom bay so I just had a bare tray and the small tray cover (the tray cover is the small piece that snaps onto the tray itself). I then took out my 3M super sticky double-sided tape and put it on the front flat edge of the tray cover. I then closed the drive, and carefully placed the case's bay cover into place on the sticky tape.

That was it, never had a problem. I wouldn't recommend filing anything down, doubtful it would look good - and thats the whole point of a stealth mod. :)

[Guderian]

I did the same as IMOG, except after the tape, I also super glued the pieces together.

The only problems I have had involve the tray cover not holding onto the tray as tightly as I would like, and accidently popping the wole aparatus off when removing the front bezel.

open (http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30819)
closed (http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30818)

[I.M.O.G.]

I didn't want it too tight, so I could make changes in the future and it was reversible if I wanted to go back to a normal drive - but I see what you mean - if you press on the drive to close it, it is a little wobbly, though not loose enough to fall apart. The sticky tape I used is very strong.

To finish off my mod, I downloaded two applications - one called strokeit, and one called wizmo. With these, I open and close my CDrom just with mouse movements. :D

[Guderian]

I did the plastic nub thing; push in on the corner to open.

I am using aluminum bay covers and the superglue doens't stick to the alum just the tape, so in the event of removal, I just gotta get the tape off.

[neonblingbling]

How about sanding the edges on the inside of the bays at an angle, so then the drive goes back in, the angle will cause it to just slide in.

[Krieger]

When I stealthed my drives I had to sand the bottom of the two faceplates or they would catch. I also just used some adhisive puddy I got at a crafts store so I can change the drives if I want(Which was good as I replaced my DVD drive with a faster one about a month later).