Potential problems with mounting a CD-ROM drive facing up?

[Walleye]

I'm wondering about the potential problems of mounting a CD ROM drive facing strait up. I'm thinking about building a computer into my desk, and I figure i can re-veneer the whole top and stealth some drives into it. i think it'd be awesome to have drives pop out the top of a desk.

However, i know that you can mount a standard CD-ROM drive sideways without problems, so long as you're careful about inserting CD's. but what about strait up and down?

 

[ocphangaz]

you're going to face one major problem...

when you mounted sideways, if the CD drops when the tray closes, it just drop to the sides...

but if you mounted facing upwards, it'll drop directly into the cdrom, might cause the tray to jam, or damaged to your data...

why not angle it 45 degrees under the table?


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[drewb99]

Solution = slot CD drive.

 

[JEEVES/whohasmyname?]

Solution = slot CD drive.

agreed, but if not then you are going to have to make catches on the back of the tray as most drives dont have catches back there, only on the side.

JEEVES

 

[Walleye]

you're going to face one major problem...

when you mounted sideways, if the CD drops when the tray closes, it just drop to the sides...

but if you mounted facing upwards, it'll drop directly into the cdrom, might cause the tray to jam, or damaged to your data...

why not angle it 45 degrees under the table?


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Actually, i just looked at the CD rom drive. both of mine have a catch speficically to prevent CD's from going in behind the tray. so i think my fear that would happen was unfounded.

 

[grantunderland]

I guess theoreticly it should be fine, since it'll work sideways, i'd assume it'd work on its back...and you don't have to worry about it falling back..but i'd go w/ drews idea unless $$$ prevents it..

 

[FLECOM]

as long as your cd-rom has the little clips you can close when you put a disk in to prevent it falling off the tray and going to the back of the drive you should be ok

but slot load would be pretty sexy in a desk mod

 

[Walleye]

as long as your cd-rom has the little clips you can close when you put a disk in to prevent it falling off the tray and going to the back of the drive you should be ok

but slot load would be pretty sexy in a desk mod

I just prefer the idea of it coming out of nowhere


I'm gonna be completely rebuilding my desk to do this. not exactly sure how i want to do this.. what i Really want is a corner desk. but that's gonna be kinda hard to do.

 

[ocphangaz]

slot would be better...

imagine the disc come out from the table... without the TRAY!

and you just need to slot the disc into the table, gently and slowly... and push it in [H]ARD.. kinda kinky now

watchout for dusts though

 

[mustang_steve]

You could always use a notebook CD-ROM drive. they are costly, but you can get an IDE adaptor for $10 that will let you use it on your desktop. All you need then is your ribbon cable, and a FDD style power plug (yeah..they don't use the normal HDD style ones).

Then all you have to do is clip the disc to the spindle, and that's it

 

[ra-odin]

You'd have to hold the tray up on a laptop drive while you pushed the CD onto the spindle - otherwise gravity would shut it since they are not motorized like desktop drives.

I'd get pretty annoyed by that, myself.

 

[big daddy fatsacks]

small consideration for the slot cdrom. mounted facing up in a desk i'd imagine that the thing is going to get dirty very quickly. VERY DIRTY. you've got dust and maybe food crumbs and whatever little else collecting on the surface of the desk all week, and it would be a little too easy for that stuff to get brushed or blown or fall into the open slot.

just a tought.

 

[pistola]

Slot drives normally have brushes filling in the slot to keep that kind of stuff out, I can only imagine that its not 100% effective, but should work good enough.

 

[mustang_steve]

yep..forgot about the non motorized bit...oh well, just find a way ot mount the notebook drive into your desk materials. Say make a double thickness monitor shelf, and mount the slot load notebook drive in it. I guarantee you'll get some doubletakes as folks will see a cd pop out of a shelf.