Installing Optical and Floppy Disk Drives

To install optical or floppy disk drives you will need first to remove the meshed cover that is in front of the bay that you want to use. This cover can be removed by pressing the latches present inside the case. These latches are really hard, so you need to press them really hard. As you can see on Figure 21, these covers feature a foam that acts as a dust filter. You will also need to break and remove the metallic cover that is behind this meshed cover, if the bay you will use has this metallic cover.

click to enlarge
Figure 21: 5 ¼” bay cover.

If you are going to install a floppy disk drive, you will need to install a cover for floppy disk drives that comes with the case and is shown on Figure 22 to the bay you are willing to install the drive. Then install the floppy disk drive to the 5 ¼” to 3 ½” adaptor as described on previous page and install the adaptor to the case.

click to enlarge
Figure 22: 3 ½” frame.

To install an optical unit remove the screwless mechanism by twisting its knob 90º counter clockwise, slide the optical unit in the bay you want to use and then use the screwless mechanism to fasten the unit to the case, rotating its knob 90º clockwise. Ideally you should use two mechanisms, one at each side of the drive.

click to enlarge
Figure 23: Sliding an optical drive in a 5 ¼” bay.

click to enlarge
Figure 24: Fastening the optical drive to the case.

Total or partial reproduction of the contents of this site, as well as that of the texts available for downloading, be this in the electronic media, in print, or any other form of distribution, is expressly forbidden. Those who do not comply with these copyright laws will be indicted and punished according to the International Copyrights Law.

We do not take responsibility for material damage of any kind caused by the use of information contained in Hardware Secrets.