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10/10/2005 12:16:09 PM

you're 4 screws, and IDE cable, and a power cable from burning DVDs.

(no, it's not hard.)

[Edited on October 10, 2005 at 12:19 PM. Reason : .]

10/10/2005 12:19:39 PM

ok. thanks

10/10/2005 12:20:10 PM

depends, do you have a dell?


because it was nearly impossible to force my dvd drive into it. plus you can only access 2 screws, so you better hope there is an empty slot.

10/10/2005 12:21:00 PM

on a scale of easy ranging 1-10(10 being easiest) i'd give it an 8

its pretty easy

10/10/2005 12:29:37 PM

i'm just going to get one and swap it out for my regular DVD drive already installed... it's an HP.

10/10/2005 12:32:06 PM

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"plus you can only access 2 screws,"

i just called, to say, you're an idiot.

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10/10/2005 12:36:22 PM

nah def not. i know with Dell's it can be a pain sometimes but with an HP u should be fine. should take like 15-20 minutes tops including disassembly and reassembly and reconnection of everythin.

10/10/2005 12:59:29 PM

^^the other side of the case that I just got from dell is riveted on. it is a major pain to do any swapping/upgrading on this bitch. thanks for your call though

10/10/2005 2:14:09 PM

Who uses screws anymore? This is what drive rails are for.

10/10/2005 2:28:35 PM

screws >>>> drive rails

10/10/2005 2:30:45 PM

^ What are you thinking? I'll never use anything else... well my HDDs have thumb screws... but still, drive rail are great. Just clip and go.

10/10/2005 3:39:16 PM

it's the same thing as Notepad > Dreamweaver, UNIX > Windows, command line > GUI, blah blah blah

10/10/2005 3:50:24 PM

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"^^the other side of the case that I just got from dell is riveted on. it is a major pain to do any swapping/upgrading on this bitch. thanks for your call though"

that's wierd.

i've worked on many dells and the side panels side right off.

10/10/2005 3:52:04 PM

^ same here

10/10/2005 6:12:00 PM

maybe im missin something then. the one side slides off easily, but i dont see an easy way to get to the other side. i also had to take the psu out to add my dvd burner

10/10/2005 7:18:26 PM

Why would you have to take the psu out?

What model Dell do you have?

10/10/2005 8:43:59 PM

4700, drive wouldnt fit through the front

10/10/2005 9:27:38 PM

i thought you could pull the faceplace off of the dell and then slide the drive in.

replace faceplate.

done.

10/11/2005 2:21:34 AM

hmm, never dealt with a dell

ultimately, its a hdd cable, an audio cable, a power cable and possibly one jumper....not hard

10/11/2005 2:56:16 AM

i did it on my dell

any idiot can do this

10/11/2005 3:21:39 AM