modding a drive ?

[Ic3d]

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/9863/dscf0063edt8zy.jpg

can i take whats n side my dvdrom put it in there and make it work ?

[tLove]

That looks like a slot loading drive right? So, if you saying... to take a normal tray drive... and throw the components inside that?

Not exactly following what you wanna do... more info please :) .

[Ic3d]

i want to take the "brains" out of my dvd-rom and put them into the slot loading drive to make it a slot loading dvd-rom.

[Avg]

I don't think it is possible, the motor and other connection probably wouldn't fit the connections on the DVD pcb.

[threeme2189]

yeah i think the drives innards are built a bit differently so the DVD drives innards will probably not fit. but if you dont mind risking the death of two drives and a fair bit of hacking and cutting you can try.

[hitokiri_808]

Whatever happened to slot loading drives? I always thought they looked better.

[tLove]

Dunno, they're on the G4's for Macs... saw them yesterday... same with thier Mac Minis.

Was at the Mac store in Pittsburgh. I think I'm gonna heist one of their 30" displays :drool:.

[tLove]

Here we go...

http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=5

Those are for laptops, but it looks like you could get a converter. Pretty slick.

Edit: http://www.case-mod.com/store/mini-solutions-slimline-cddvd-drives-c-158_160.html?osCsid=87e335c43d9dc2bfa24acce8f17bf3 b7