a few questions about re-routing CD drive button

[fiendskull9]

Well,

im going to stealth the drives for my mod, and reroute the button,

im just wondering, could i wire in a switch instead of a button?

or would that not work since a switch is like 1-2, whereas a button sequence is 1-2-1?

-clay

[xmastree]

Not sure what you mean by button sequence, but any normally open switch will work.

[fiendskull9]

ok

1 = up position
2 = pushed

for switches descript.

1 = down
2 = up (on)

so when you open the drive, its being activated by the 1-2-1 of the button...

so if i flick a switch, itll auto close because its still on 2?

or maybe the case will be, it stays open until i go back to 1 with the switch

ill buy a switch for like 80/c/ to expieremnt today

-clay

[xmastree]

You need a momentary switch.

[CanaBalistic]

A quick test would be to hold down the open close button on your cd rom.

I just did the test, with mine, the tray wont open or close untill i release the button. So if i hooked up a toggle switch to mine the tray wouldnt open untill i fliped the switch on and off (flip 2 times).

[fiendskull9]

i bought a button anyway.

-clay

[xmastree]

Just in case you're not sure about the wiring, check out this thread:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2344