Coming together really well mate. Sorry to hear you are having some problems with the slot load drive. I hope you can fix it.
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Coming together really well mate. Sorry to hear you are having some problems with the slot load drive. I hope you can fix it.
At first I thought I must need an OS installed before I could get it to work. So I attached a full sized IDE drive and installed windows but it still isn't working :(
I can't find any similar issues when googling either (will eject but won't load)
Worse case scenario is that it is the notebook to SATA converter which would need to be sent back interstate and were talking a good 3 week turn around.
If it's the dvd drive itself it's not so bad as thats just down the street from my work.
Unfortunately I don't have a laptop or any means by which to test what is going on (or not going on for that matter).
I might take both in to where I got the notebook slot dvd drive and get them to test it with a different drive and if it does the same thing then I know it's the notebook to sata converter.
For now I'm just taking out my frustration on some bubble wrap *pop* *pop* *pop*
Do you have a spare PC you can try it on or try a mates?
Yeah I have a spare PC, but I don't have a spare notebook dvd drive.
The fact that the unit is getting power and it is telling the computer what it is says to me it is very unlikely to be the notebook to sata converter. So I'll just take the player back on Monday and get it swapped over.
Yeah it does sound like the converter. Unless there are some drivers you need to install?
Well I just took the DVD drive back and had it tested and it's working fine. So that just leaves the Notebook to SATA converter from Darkwire.
They are located in Melbourne so hopefully the delay won't be too lengthy (being that time of year and all)
My slot loading drive had a bad converter first time round that shorted on the drive itself and started a small fire :eek:
Chapter 8
Well it's time to get back to work after a nice break down at the Grampians in Vic. Here are a couple of the photos I took.
Before the holidays I sent back my faulty notebook to SATA converter back to Darkwire. About a week later I sent them an email asking what as happening and they said they had given me a refund as soon as they got it so I told them that I still needed one and if they could clarify if it was a faulty converter as I would buy another. Otherwise it just didn't work with the pioneer slot DVD drives.
I checked my email after the holidays and I had no reply so I've ordered one from overseas for the same price. I have also ordered a switch and a rubber fan noise dampener and I think something else too hmm that will be my surprise I guess.
I took a look at grills for the front of my case as I want to keep it very clean and tidy. There were a couple that were ok but I couldn't find anything slim line and sleek looking so I decided when I cut out the hole I'll cut out my own grill.
This is the design I will be using, it's nothing fancy, pretty much your typical blade style grill. The shaded in areas will be the areas cut out.
The first two holes shouldn't be too hard to do, even with a jig saw. I am a bit worried however doing the last hole as the aluminium is very flexable when it's that thin and I'm a bit worried that if I don't put enough presure on it when cutting the cut will be quite messy. But if I put too much preasure then I will crease the aluminium.
The Grampians is a very nice part of Australia, I have been there myself once.
Cool fan grill design.
Chapter 10
Ok so I've had a couple of hours to work on it... Here are some of my latest pics. Basically I've roughly cut out the holes for the front to use as a guide as I need to cut into the frame so I can mount the drives.
Still unsure how to best mount the top so it looks neat.
