Question about Silverstone FP58B

[Iniura]

Hey,

Forgive me if I post this in the wrong forum section, I think this is the correct section to post this.

I would like to buy the Silverstone SST-FP58B Slim Optical to 5"1/4 Bay Black

But I have a couple of questions.

Which slimline slot loading DVD burner does fit in here?
How do you eject a dvd or cd out of this bay? There is no eject button on the bay itself.

Say I buy this Slim line DVD Burner there is a eject button on the front of it, but when I build it in the bay adapter it is behind the metal plate, or do i need to remove the front of the slot loading drive and then build it in?

I know there are slot loading drives like these without a front, do I need one of these? But then again how do you eject the dvd, there is no eject button on it? Or how does this work?

Also if anyone could link a site in the netherlands where I could buy these kind of slim slot loading drives that fits in this bay adapter, i'd really appreciate it.

Thank you for anyone who can help me out.

 

[Auzner]

I bought an external USB samsung slot load drive SE-T084M. I harvested the drive from the case and connected it to sata. It uses mini sata for power, so you'll need an adapter. I got the adapter by cutting it from my spare antec isk300 and soldering a molex to the end of it. I left the face plate on the drive and it fit just fine. Eject is done from the drive properties in my computer. Also there is a shortcut that will do it http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/create-a-shortcut-or-hotkey-to-eject-the-cddvd-drive/

 

[Iniura]

Jeez so much modifying for this drive to fit, don't they make slot loading drives for these kinda components like the FP58B?

Any other people out their who got any suggestions or can tell how they did it?

 

[Tony Ou]

Currently there are two standard sizes for slim optical drive. The older one that's been used in laptops since inception (12.7mm) and the newer 9.5mm standard that is now used in ultrabooks.

For FP58, you should get the larger 12.7mm slot-loading slim optical drive. We sell one ourselves, the model name is "SOD02" and it has a slim SATA to SATA adapter bundled for you to use with any desktop systems.

As to why there isn't an eject button on the front bezel of FP58 (and on our cases)... Firstly, we think aesthetically it looks better without it and the second reason is that there are no standards for the position of eject buttons on slot-loading drives. We've seen drives with eject button on the left, right and even close to center of the bezel, making it impossible or over-complicated to design an eject button to accommodate all possible positions.

 

[Auzner]

Jeez so much modifying for this drive to fit, don't they make slot loading drives for these kinda components like the FP58B?

It is a case modding part, it is beyond like adding more ram. I did it the way I did it because it was the least expensive. A USB external which happens to be slot load only cost me $20 vs an $80+ drive listed as a "laptop replacement part." The rep points out that you can buy the adapter, while I chose to make one myself since I had the components on hand. I use my optical drive maybe once a month. Lack of a physical eject button would have only been a hardship for me 10 years ago. This product is very obscure, but it allowed me to do something with my lone external bay in a black aluminum case (Lian Li PC-V700).