Hi, firstly id like to say this is an awesome forum! The mods are incredible and the people here seem really friendly and helpful so im glad to be a part of this community Ive been browsing these forums for a while now actually, checking out the wicked mods and getting ideas for a new mod that I hope to begin once my 3rd year exams for uni are over in May . But before I can begin, as with all mods, first comes the planning. To that effect ive got most of my ideas pretty much sorted but I want to also introduce some electronics into this mod. Please bare in mind that this is the first time im using electronics at this level and I have next to no knowledge in this field other than what ive learnt up to year 9, which is really the basics . Heres what im hoping to do: Im want to put a 5.25 to 3.5 bay converter into a regular drive bay, and gut out a floppy drive and use that as a tray to slide in and out like a cd drive tray (there will be other things done but i dont want to give too much away until i start the worklog on these forums or incase it gets dropped in the end, but dont worry its going to be good [althogh i suppose thats a matter of opinion]). The actual rails, motor and gears ive sorted but i need some kind of control circuitry so that the tray functions like a cd drive tray with an eject button. I was wondering if its possible to gut an old cd-rom drive I have and use the control circuitry from there? I tried looking on the forums for any such guide or mod but havent found one. If thats not possible how would i go about making my own one? Oh and this isnt the only electronics idea I have, but I like to tackle one problem at a time so there are more questions coming lol Any help would be greatly appreciated Radical
I think this may be possible. I can't seem to find it, I don't even know if it was on this forum, I saw an HTPC scratch build in the shape of a pyramid. He use an old CD drive tray to slide open one side. Sorry I can't find the thread.
Thanks for the reply, ill have a look for that pyramid mod. I saw it before as well, i think it was on these forums in the project logs.
a few years ago I did it, managed to use the cd eject motor, gearing and circuit board taken from an old drive to power drive my case door hears the basic rundown on the fitout http://members.optusnet.com.au/~thw01f/mypic6.jpg need any pointers, fire away cheerin'
