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Stealth Drive bay |
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One of the easiest and what I believe the best detail in moding is the
stealth drive bay. Basically all you need to finish this mod is the
drive blank you took out when you put your CD-Rom in. |
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This article will be quick just for the fact that theirs not much to
it so rambling on for multiple pages will be just a waste of your
time. First thing you need is a blank drive bay of course Second will
be a CD-Rom that doesn't have a flap. It has to have the CD tray end
exposed And lastly you will need some velcro. Tools for the job are
easy. If you are moding a plastic case then you will not need any
tools. Because I am using an aluminum case I used some dykes and a
grinding wheel. |
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To start off with we have to make our blank drive cover. Break or cut
the hooks off of the side of the blank so it has no way to hold itself
in to the case. You may need to sand the edges to make it a nice
smooth fit if your using a cheep case. If your using aluminum then you
will need to cut the wings off the end and I used a grinder to smooth
the ruff edges. |
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Finally attach the velcro together and pull the backing off of one of
the sides. Attach the velcro to the Face of the CD tray and then
loosen the screws securing the CD-Rom in to the case. recess the
CD-Rom in to the case and pull the backing off the other piece of
velcro that should be already velcroed to the piece on the CD-Rom.
Take your blank that you made earlier and push it on to the other
piece of velcro make sure that its loosely fit on the edges so not to
bind the CD-Roms opening and closing movement. Finally adjust your
CD-Rom in the case so the blank face is flush and tighten the screws.
Walla you now have a stealth drive. You will have to right click the
CD in My Computer and tell it to eject when you want to open it. When
you are reloading the system or swapping CD's allot you can remove the
face. (That's why we used velcro.) |
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Update: get a rubber foot that
has a sticky side and stick it to the back side of the face plate just
over the button on the drive, you may need to cut it down to make the
face plate sit right, but as the velco lets it have a bit of movement
you can now just press the face plate and you drive will open.
"Thanks to Alex from
www.overclockers.com.au for this update"
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