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This part fell out of a 24x CD in my 600X.( the triangular hook shipped metal thingy)

I was removing the caddy to see if a combo drive I have would be compatible (it wasn't)

The unit seems to function without any issues, but left over parts are not the ideal situation.

The Cd Rom is P/N 27L3687 and the part is definitely from the front bezel area around the hook locking mechanism.

Anyone with a hint what this does,where it goes and is it of earth-shaking importance that it be where it should be?

Thanks

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4281/600xcdrtc3.jpg

Can't really tell what it is since clicking on the image does not access a larger version at imageshack.us (if that was the intention).

Sorry..maybe the part fell out of my camera..picture edited..hopefully

Looks like part of the latch (hook) assembly which keeps the drive inside the Ultraslimbay - the bottom part of the caddy which is located a little bit closer to the camera in your picture. I'm not home at the moment but if nobody has come around in the next hour or two I'll take a look at one of my 600Xs.

Looks like it's some kind of reinforcement for the plastic latch on the drive caddy, but I've looked at several Ultrabay drives I have for the 600 series and none have anything but the plastic latch - at least I can't see a metal part underneath the plastic (certainly not above it).

If you take the entire caddy off of the optical drive, there may indeed be a metal reinforcement in the hook. Here's a picture of the underside of a caddy from one of my 600X systems:

http://www.rkawakami.net/ibm_600x/image ... ails_3.jpg

The metal hook rests inside, held either by glue or friction. Do I win anything?

The metal hook rests inside, held either by glue or friction. Do I win anything?

The medal for service above and beyond the call of duty
I didn't think that the reinforcement would be inside the plastic.

Hey, thanks!

I had posted two other pictures:

http://www.rkawakami.net/ibm_600x/image ... ails_1.jpg
http://www.rkawakami.net/ibm_600x/image ... ails_2.jpg

two months ago but now I can't remember what they were in reference to. I think somebody had a question about what it took to transfer/install a "standard" notebook optical drive into a 600-series system and that led me to post the first two pictures.

A gold star for your scrapbook ,Ray, my thanks, and a large cold Molson Export if you are ever in this neck o' the woods.
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Oohh.... YUM! Molson or Moosehead, is fine with me!