beyond this I don't even know how to get the rest off. I need the other side panel free to I can remove the DVD drive to look at it, and maybe put a temp replacement in. I'm about 3 seconds away from hulking out on the damaged tab.... this thing is put together WEIRD. I thought Packard Bell cases were nuts but this is an entirely new level of dumb.
I think its all one piece that somehow locks / unlocks into place
It's the same deal as the Dimension XPS, you need to remove both side panels, the top panel, and the bottom panel before you can remove the front panel, most likely.
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yeah that's the thing. I don't even know how to get the others off. The front panel itself came free except for the one clip that was damaged by whatever tool that idiot used. I'm thinking of just snapping it idk..
But the other side panel leaves no clue as to how it comes off to be honest.
Yeah I've seen that page before, kind of gave me the idea to look for a slocket.
I'll likely give the slocket a try when it gets here, though I'm not sure what I'll do with it. Might go for either a socket 370 or LGA775 build, in the end. I actually had a core 2 duo machine at one point, not sure what I did with it...🤣 prolly threw it out or something 🙁
I think the disc tray motor may have bad bearings or be on its way out, I'm not sure??
it makes a Brrrrrrrrr type noise that could be bearings, and the sound is being amplified through the plastic of the planetary gears?
When I opened the drive up, I was hunting for a loose piece which I actually forgot about when I got distracted taking the drive apart, disconnecting micro-ribbon cables and shit I actually didn't need to. I found the white small gear after a bit and kicked myself for even risking damage with the small ribbon cables, etc.. turned it over and took a look and sure enough this thing appeared to fit over a drive shaft by gears that controlled the drive tray.
These gears when spun freely do NOT make any noise. only when the white gear was added back in, did the tray make noise opening and closing. I also had to plug it in and power it on to use the eject control just to be safe because I did not like the level of force required to move the tray. If you have the tray out, and spin the shaft/gear it kind of feels like it catches then frees up again. so I am suspecting a bad motor / bearings.
After all that worked, I ran windows98 autopatcher to install all the hotfixes and shit. Well that made my internet /www shit the bed (not the connection itself just most sites except microsoft ones) and I forgot what I did to fix that in my windows98 VM.... I thought maybe I needed to reinstall the network adapter/drivers, etc.
Well I pop open the DVD drive because it asks for windows 98 CD.....that is to say I tried to pop it open again. and the damn thing is broke again. Something is happening with those gears to make that white piece vibrate SO badly it pops up and off the motor shaft.......🤣
