On Tuesday 27 August 2019 11:18:24 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 26 August 2019 19:36:50 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > > On optical disc drive where the tray won;t open I first get the tray > > open with the emergency eject hole, then use a big pair of bent tip > > tweezers to get the tray belt out. Next step, bring some water to a > > rolling boil on the stove, drop the belt in and turn the heat off. > > After a minute, fish the belt out, dry it off and use the tweezers > > to reinstall. Also works on tray load game consoles like the "fat" > > Playstation 2, original XBox, and Xbox 360. > > > > I always preferred optical drives with an all gear driven tray, but > > those were few and far between. > > > > On Monday, August 26, 2019, 2:24:48 PM MDT, Gene Heskett > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > How often do you use a DVD anymore, especially if the computer is > > > on a tall shelf? You might just remove the drive. > > > > Thats also a possibility, since new installs can often be done with > > a netinstall on a thumb drive. IIRC, that dvd had to have 1/4" > > snipped out of its tray belt & superglued shorter the last time I > > used it, swag at about 2 years ago now. That has been a good fix > > I've done 4 or 5 times now. > > > > We'll see what another new & diff supply with enough drive cables > > does tomorrow. > > Didn't work, fans run, power led remains orange with 3rd supply. So I > guess I put its SSD and 5i25 in another smaller dell and see if its > got enough iron to run the g0704. Otherwise I'll have to go shopping I > guess. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
Anyone have spare lp back plates for a 5i25 I could use 2 of them. Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
