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DaJe
08-13-2007, 05:36 AM
One is more destroyed than the other. One is sitll able to be put back together That's not going to happen though. These are the drives I tore apart for my laser flashlight. Now, I could just throw them awya, but that's wasteful. They should both have all functionality (hopefully), minus the lasers. So they both still open and all of that. One Idea I had, is that I could hollow out one of them, and remove most of the tray and all of that. That I could put either snacks like some cookies in there, or maybe some valuable items. OH YEAH! IDEA! I could build a new front for it, out of steel, and make it like a secure box, that I can only open from my computer! See, just making this thread already gave me some ideas. But anyways, what kind of ideas do you guys have for me to do with these?

Bucko
08-13-2007, 06:15 AM
I have one I plan to use the case for to contain my own fan controller or simlilar.

FuzzyPlushroom
08-17-2007, 01:57 AM
I've made a 3.5" HDD cooling bay out of a CD-ROM drive's case and one of those little 5.25" bay coolers with the three 40mm fans. There's potential for shock absorption that way, too. I imagine you're looking at actually using the remains for something a bit more useful, though.