9.5 mm slot-loading DVD-RW

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9.5 mm slot-loading DVD-RW

#1 Post by asiafish » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:42 pm

Does anyone know if such a drive exists?

In tired of trays, so any substitutes would be most appreciated.

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#2 Post by Orevin » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:56 pm

I found this one the other day: Pioneer DVR-K06 at Newegg

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#3 Post by mysbca » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:16 am

Orevin wrote:I found this one the other day: Pioneer DVR-K06 at Newegg
Unfortunately, that is a 12.7mm drive.
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#4 Post by asiafish » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:34 am

Won't work, I need 9.5mm. I know that the current MacBooks use 9.5mm slot loaders, but I haven't seen any made for PCs with faceplates (Macs don't use drive faceplates). I am installing it in a tablet PC and so the lack of a tray is extremely important to me.
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#5 Post by dmar » Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:16 am

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#6 Post by asiafish » Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:14 pm

No luck, he claims that there are no slot-loaders and that I'm stuck with a tray. That isn't the case as Apple's current MacBook uses a 9.5mm slot-loading drive, but I don't have the model and of course Apple doesn't use the manufacturer's face plate as they mount them internally with the slot on the case and no eject button.

Help, anyone know of a 9.5mm slot-loader. Failing that, is there any way to disable the eject button on a tray-loading drive so that it won't open accidentally? I don't mind using the command in Windows to open the drive.
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#7 Post by rkawakami » Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:17 pm

I'm assuming that you don't want to actually rip out the button or the switch off of the drive. That being the case, a search on Yahoo! using the following:

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#8 Post by asiafish » Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:38 pm

Not as elegant a solution as a slot-loading drive, but it will do for now. Thanks.
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