[ddots-l] Installing replacement DVD burner in my Dell.

  • From: "Cameron Strife" <cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 18:56:39 -0400

Hi.  I need some guidance on this if anyone has experience.  When you take
off the side panel, it's a tower case by the way, you can feel all the
components in their slots near the top, current DVD drive, floppy drive,
etc.  It will either be a screw in job, or, a slide in locking slot kind as
far as I know.  However, I can't get the old drive out.  I disconnected the
cables, but can't find any screws holding it in place.  It can't go back
into the machine, or, forward out the front bay slot though.  I'm
frustrated.

There is a front panel that seems to be preventing this.  I tried sliding
the new drive into the spare bay below, but that did not work from either
direction.  It seems to me that the front panel wants to come off, but it
doesn't look like it's supposed to.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Cameron.


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