slot load drives kick tray drives buttocks - Page 2

as i wrote in the first posting, the 3com does not need the antenna deployed to work. i do not deploy it and it works perfectly well. the antenna has two positions when out, you can either leave it flat but extended from the card, or you can tilt the antenna up when extended from the card...but like i said, i never use it extended out.

the panasonic does not handle the mini's, b/c the grabbing mechanism doesn't actuate until you have the normal disc is almost all the way in.

i do not know about the pioneer, but from my experiences with other pioneer devices, they start to actuate alot earlier...but before buying, i would ask the retailer first.

i would check the pioneer then...my experience is that the pioneer ones do, but i have been known to be consistantly wrong on anything computer related

if the dimensions are the same, it should. normally, the OEM drive is the same as anyother drive if it is the same size. you simply remove the plastic housing off the old drive and put it on the new one. depending on the laptop, there may be an adapter which you will need as well.

on my 700m, i removed the plastic housing (this essentially is the housing that makes it fit in the media bay). I removed the adapter card since the pins of the drive are in a different location than the recepticle in the laptop. i took both and put them on the new drive.

if you are going from say a tray drive to another tray drive, you may have a problem fitting the front bezel (for example, I had a i5000e and i tried fitting a different drive, but the face bezel didn't match up). some drives come with a face bezel included, others do not...but since this is a slot drive you do not need to worry about it. now since it wasn't exactly made for the dell, the front plastic bezel isn't overlappling etc, thus there is a small gap on the left side as seen above.

i do not want to have to look up everybody's drive, so you can just google the model number of your drive and find the dimensions for it. if it is the same as the panasonic or pioneer listed in this thread, then you are good to go. if the drive needs an adapter plug, it will probably be included on your existing drive so you do not need to buy an adapter which the retailers sell as extra.

with that, it looks like from the drives offered for the 6000 that it is the same size drive, so it should work

only my NIN mini cd...but it's been like 10 years since i've listened to it

disc after ejecting using the drive eject button or Fn+f10



disc 2cm remaining until drive grabs cd

It's an ANYCOM BTM100...however, i do not recommend it or the iogear. the anycom is too tapered, too low profile to feel comfortable, and the charging adapter was a bit wierd. the iogear was perhaps the perfect solution for me, but it was too damn narrow. an inch wider and it would be perfect for my needs (rechargeable via usb, the mini usb fit my razr, on/off, bt)

^^which mouse do you have?

the iogear is 1.5" wide. if you are prone to squeezing tight on the mouse, you will get hand cramps b/c it is so narrow. an option would be to get some foam pad with adhesive back to wide the grip portion of the mouse so width is 2" or more.

i have the macally btmicro which is actually 1.5" but macally has the padding on the side which makes it 2". of course it has a usb cradle not just the cord like the iogear.

not sure...but if it is wider than 1.5" then i wouldn't get the iogear unless you add the mod that i posted.

i like the macally. too bad it uses a cradle to power via a/c cord, though. but the cradle is small. if i have more time, i may search for a usb cord to power the thing rather than the a/c adapter. it's not an issue since i use a small battery travel charger anyways.