DVD-Rom drives running vertically?

[Ticien]

LOL same problem ive been having...i keep finding the same one

(7th guest was an awesome game)

[Ticien]

Thanks Jai, if you found 2 then youve found more than me...not much of an e-bayer and i didnt even think to look there...checking it out. I wonder if the mac drive would work...I originally got the idea from my wii and ps3. The slot loading drives just look so much cleaner and nicer..

[Daruvian]

I didn't even bother looking at the full sized drives... I just picked up a notebook one for my case... Can't do anything with it though until my new dremel gets here so I can get to work on this thing... But the one I got, I got from newegg for about $50...

[Ticien]

Do the thin ones work as well? The Plextor one seemed nice (well for 150 it better), but I havent heard many things about the slim drives, and what I have heard has been things like "cheap" "breaks a lot" "flimsy" and such. Does anyone have experience with them and could give a good synapsis?

[intergalacticman]

well obviously they are more flimsy and weak due to their size
and it would be necessary to make a custom mount since it is made for laptops

[Ticien]

Right, I am going to end up making a custom mount anyway due to the orientation I have planned for it. A notebook drive might work...I wil have to review my plans but if i can use it it should save me some money. Thanks all for your input, think I got this one now

[Daruvian]

Any time.... And just an update, Ticien... I have had no problems with mine sitting vertically...

[Ticien]

good deal, I will definitely go through with my plan then, but like it says in my "ideas" post, its on hold now until the summer.

[Daruvian]

Yea... Mine's currently on hold thanks to the United States Postal Service being nice and slow... My LCD screen supposedly shipped on the 8th of March... Still haven't seen it...

[Ticien]

Gotta love snail mail...Move date was pushed up from June to 2 weeks from now, so I might get started on this earlier than I had hoped