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Case Rails?
I am installing an optical drive and my computer case uses those rails to hold
the drive in the bay. Unfortunately I do not know who makes this case and I can't find any indication on the case itself. I went to the computer store to buy the rails and they told me each brand of case uses specific rails. Does anyone know if this is true or not? Second question: On my primary IDE channel I have my HDD. On the second IDE channel I have a CD writer as master and a DVD-Rom as slave. I want to add a third optical drive, a DVD writer. What would be my best option as to setting these 3 optical drives and the HDD on the IDE channels? Thanks much. |
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"PawsForThought" wrote in message
... I am installing an optical drive and my computer case uses those rails to hold the drive in the bay. Unfortunately I do not know who makes this case and I can't find any indication on the case itself. I went to the computer store to buy the rails and they told me each brand of case uses specific rails. Does anyone know if this is true or not? snip... Thanks much. I don't know that "every" brand of case uses specific rails but I can say that of the four cases I've owned that used them each was different and incompatible. When upgrading a system for a friend I need rails which he didn't have any more. Being a woodworker I did the right thing and fabricated some out of hard maple modeled on the existing ones and they worked perfectly. Not suggesting that you do that if you aren't a woodworker, just trying to make the point that there is usually nothing all that special about the rails themselves and almost anything sufficiently strong (plastic, wood, metal) can probably be turned into a replacement with a bit of effort. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] Return address will not work. Please reply in group or through my website: http://johnmcgaw.com |
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PawsForThought wrote:
From: "John McGaw" "PawsForThought" wrote in message ... I am installing an optical drive and my computer case uses those rails to hold the drive in the bay. Unfortunately I do not know who makes this case and I can't find any indication on the case itself. I went to the computer store to buy the rails and they told me each brand of case uses specific rails. Does anyone know if this is true or not? snip... Thanks much. I don't know that "every" brand of case uses specific rails but I can say that of the four cases I've owned that used them each was different and incompatible. When upgrading a system for a friend I need rails which he didn't have any more. Being a woodworker I did the right thing and fabricated some out of hard maple modeled on the existing ones and they worked perfectly. Not suggesting that you do that if you aren't a woodworker, just trying to make the point that there is usually nothing all that special about the rails themselves and almost anything sufficiently strong (plastic, wood, metal) can probably be turned into a replacement with a bit of effort. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] Thanks for your reply, John. I definitely am no woodworker, but at least I know I need specific rails. Maybe in the meantime, I'll just pull the DVD reader out and just put the DVD writer in instead. You would think the case would have a brand name on it somewhere. Maybe inside? I'll have to check it out again. Here's a thought - did the case come with its own PSU? Most of the major brands (Coolermaster, Antec, Chieftec, Enermax) make their own PSUs and there will be a label on the side with the maker's name. Just a thought.... |
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Pairing an optical drive on the same shared IDE channel with the harddrive
is going to REALLY slowww the harddrive's data transfer rate down. I would lose the DVD-ROM drive. -- DaveW "PawsForThought" wrote in message ... I am installing an optical drive and my computer case uses those rails to hold the drive in the bay. Unfortunately I do not know who makes this case and I can't find any indication on the case itself. I went to the computer store to buy the rails and they told me each brand of case uses specific rails. Does anyone know if this is true or not? Second question: On my primary IDE channel I have my HDD. On the second IDE channel I have a CD writer as master and a DVD-Rom as slave. I want to add a third optical drive, a DVD writer. What would be my best option as to setting these 3 optical drives and the HDD on the IDE channels? Thanks much. |
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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 23:23:40 GMT, "DaveW" wrote:
Pairing an optical drive on the same shared IDE channel with the harddrive is going to REALLY slowww the harddrive's data transfer rate down. I would lose the DVD-ROM drive. LOL... where's ~misfit~?... |
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I'm sure you probably already looked, but the rails in my case are stamped
with the name of the case (Chieftec). It is not than obvious, so worth a look. "PawsForThought" wrote in message ... I am installing an optical drive and my computer case uses those rails to hold the drive in the bay. Unfortunately I do not know who makes this case and I can't find any indication on the case itself. I went to the computer store to buy the rails and they told me each brand of case uses specific rails. Does anyone know if this is true or not? Second question: On my primary IDE channel I have my HDD. On the second IDE channel I have a CD writer as master and a DVD-Rom as slave. I want to add a third optical drive, a DVD writer. What would be my best option as to setting these 3 optical drives and the HDD on the IDE channels? Thanks much. |
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