Does anyone have any uses for optical disk slots? Recently got a case with one that I don't really need and was wondering if there are any creative/useful ways I can repurpose it.
I saw some of those desk drawers that are designed to be installed in the optical drive which I thought was pretty clever for holding USBs/screws/other peripherals, but some of the amazon reviews suggested that the actual drawers were pretty bad.
Any suggestions?
Pic obviously related
Aforementioned optical drive drawer
I don't even have those 5 1/4 bays anymore
mine does though
>repurpose
reuse
Ok
I've seen amps that fit in 5.25" bays before, got any interest in that? Headphone access at the front panel, speaker wire out the back.
How deep are they
Optical disk drives.
I wouldn't know, I haven't owned one. I'd assume DVD drive length though.
Literally the pic
USB 3.0 on case and pic related for lots of controllers for local multiplayer games.
doing a mod where you get a mayflash adapter for GC controllers in one a drive bay would be awesome for multiplayer Smash
You could try using it as a masturbator machine. Faggot.
I have a door on my front panel so this would be of limited practicality for me, but I like the idea
Well you could still poke some speaker wire through the back of the case and run it into the back of the amp, use it to power some passive speakers. I imagine the quality would be somewhat comparable to a Lepy or another cheap amp.
I would, I just leave my GC adapter dangling and I sometimes have to plug in 4 360 controllers for other local games. I should get a wireless dongle for 360 or bluetooth adapter for Sony controllers.
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Get an asston of USB hubs and a SD card+USB-c hub.
Looking at getting a case with drive bays so I can upload all my DVD's
>Working on laptop
>Finished up for the day
>start putting away all the extra screws I have
>Put the tiny driver in there too cuz why not
>Doesn't quite fit
>Give it a little force like any other drawer
>Hear the screws slosh into my computer case
>Have a small case
>PSU in the flight path
>The fan sounds like sand hit it
>The light show
>multi flash card reader can fit in a 5.25 inch slot
>they have 3.5 -> 5.25 drive adapter sleds so you could put hard drives in ur 5.25 inch bays
>get a good dvd or bluray burner for burning discs, not exactly a novel use for 5.25 inch drive bays but optical media is arguably the best medium for archiving data, as it is not subject to feromagnetic depolarization/degredation
>Looking at getting a case with drive bays so I can upload all my DVD's
Doing it ass-backwards. Just get a USB DVD drive instead.
>Doesn't fit
>force it anyways
>"Oh no, how could the cheap plastic have broken? It's clearly the drawer's fault and not my own dumb ass!"
Based
>odd drive blocked by the can
weak
also I do have this specific one in my case, it's not bad at all but it does feel cheap
Why do you guys need so many USB ports in this day and age? My case has four on the front already and that's pushing my needs
I have an adapter to install a 3.5" HDD, I use my old Xbox 8GB HDD as a SWAP partition
Yes, I still use IDE drives...
3 hotswap hdd bays desu
I still use it for an optical drive *gasp*
fan controller
HDD bay
That's not a USB hub. That's a complete SFF pc you can slot into a drive bay of a bigger pc.
this
cool what can you do with it
not him btw
You can find this in thingiverse and 3D print it yourself.
a bluray optical disk drive
i don't understand what you are asking here
Want
This
I wish it was me
Elephant or woman?
Natch.
Hot-Swap HDD caddys.
BD Burner.