Posted by Jerry on 08/28/07 03:30

"Les" <LESnospam@%%mon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> My 5005 recently expired in that the drawer would no longer open. �150
> down the pan and I only bought it in 2004. I decided to take a look
> inside and discovered the internals were basically a PC ribbon cable
> and PC drive power supply, exactly the same as you would use to plug a
> new DVD drive into your PC. I had an old knackered Pioneer drive
> around and plugged that in to the 5005 chassis and it worked, to a
> fashion.
>
> Had a search online and many had tried to swap out the drives etc,
> using the next model up, however four years later and the 5005 has
> well and truly been superceded. I took a chance and bought a brand new
> (current Aug 2007)
> LiteON LH-20A1P-487C 20x DVDRW Super all write Kit PC drive @ only
> �23 and plugged it in, and it all works perfectly (copy to DVD,
> formatting menu etc)
>
> Well chuffed. Then I thought I'd have to secure the drive to the
> outside of the 5005 case as it's quite big. However I took the drawer
> door off and placed it inside the old 5005 chassis and it lines up
> perfectly. There is an stainless steel frame on the old drive which I
> used to secure the new drive slightly. A piece of foam on the left to
> stop the drive sliding, and some BlueTak on top so that when I put the
> lid back in the drive couldn't move.
>
> All bolted back together and working perfectly, apart from the
> original 5005 drawer cover, which I seem to have mislaid somewhere!
>
> So don't chuck it out, try and recycle first.
>
>
> Hope this helps some of you.
>
> PS: I wonder if this is the same for the HDD models with say an 80gb,
> could you just swapout to a bigger drive?

Don't know if a bigger Hdd swap will work on the Liteon but I know it won't
on any Panny.

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