I made a custom 3x optical drive unit for a single 5-1/4" bay \ VOGONS

I made a custom 3x optical drive unit for a single 5-1/4" bay

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First post, by Lynxman

Posted on 2022-10-29, 13:05

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My NEC 4x CD changer, although cool, is unbearably slow. For the heck of it I decided to try to integrate three old laptop IDE optical drives in one 5-1/4" bay. It fits and works much better than a CD changer. I had to rewire the transposers to give slave and master. The three CD-audio outputs are connected to the sound card via some resistors to mix them together. I also designed a new triple transposer that will hopefully make it more streamlined. The housing is 3D printed and painted in IBM grey.

Reply 1 of 14, by Doornkaat

Posted on 2022-10-31, 00:17

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I like it! Will you share the design files?

Reply 2 of 14, by chrismeyer6

Posted on 2022-10-31, 02:02

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That's looks awesome!!! This is a serious cool project thanks for sharing it with us!!

Reply 3 of 14, by Tiido

Posted on 2022-10-31, 02:08

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Hahaha, nice idea !

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Reply 4 of 14, by Lynxman

Posted on 2022-11-10, 21:38

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Here are the printable STL files: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/2x-an … 4-bays-for-pc-s

I'll put the PCB up on PCBway's community site if it works when I get the prototype.

Reply 5 of 14, by Doornkaat

Posted on 2022-11-10, 21:43

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Awesome, thanks!😃👍

Reply 6 of 14, by Martin85

Posted on 2022-11-10, 21:59

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Wow! Great project! Also interested in some walkthrough of how you got the idea and how did you make it... In video or photo form...

Reply 7 of 14, by Sphere478

Posted on 2022-11-10, 22:11

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Can we get more pics of the unit outside the case?

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Reply 8 of 14, by Lynxman

Posted on 2022-11-16, 00:54

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I got the PCBs. I had made four errors with the middle drive connections. After fixing it works fine. I'll have to reorder and check the new PCBs too. They identify as slave and master like they should with the Panasonic drives I'm using. I can't find any supplier for JAE connectors like that, probably an obsolete part by now since everything is SATA, but cheap single slot interpowers cost just $3-5 from Electromyne so I scavenged these from some of those.

It's installed so I attached a screenshot of the 3D model as it looks outside the case.

Reply 9 of 14, by Sphere478

Posted on 2022-11-16, 01:53

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Very nice :p

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Reply 10 of 14, by Lynxman

Posted on 2022-11-16, 04:24

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I'm not allowed to use PM's as I'm too new here.

I don't intend to make these for sale, just put them out for others to make for themselves.

Reply 11 of 14, by HanSolo

Posted on 2022-11-21, 18:16

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That's a pretty cool idea.
And what the heck is an Amiga 5600? 😀 And what keyboard is that?

Reply 12 of 14, by Lynxman

Posted on 2022-11-22, 16:37

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HanSolo wrote on 2022-11-21, 18:16:

That's a pretty cool idea.
And what the heck is an Amiga 5600? 😀 And what keyboard is that?

That's my 3D printed case for modern hardware. It's got a Ryzen 5 5600g. The keyboard is an Arrogant Quake mechanical keyboard with retro keycaps. It's my new CAD workstation.

Reply 13 of 14, by HanSolo

Posted on 2022-11-22, 20:38

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Lynxman wrote on 2022-11-22, 16:37:

HanSolo wrote on 2022-11-21, 18:16:

That's a pretty cool idea.
And what the heck is an Amiga 5600? 😀 And what keyboard is that?

That's my 3D printed case for modern hardware. It's got a Ryzen 5 5600g. The keyboard is an Arrogant Quake mechanical keyboard with retro keycaps. It's my new CAD workstation.

This... is...
either heresy or pretty cool. I can't decide 😁

Reply 14 of 14, by Lynxman

Posted on 2022-11-25, 07:51

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I put it up on Cults3d for others to make. It's my design: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/itx-s … case-tahustvedt

Sorry I still can't reply to PM's.

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