soup's quandry

[soup]

I did, no go. Firmware doesn't support it, apparently a lot of the new drives don't support it, go figure.

[jm1647]

@soup - a suggestion to make it easier to swap out the DVD drives when ya wanna use a different one that is not installed. Get some longer SATA data and power cables and swap the drives out from the front and not have to open the case.

[Chewy]

he could drill a small hole in the top of the case and keep extras there, maybe even make a loft

[soup]

Thanks jm1647, my case is cable full & the only drive that is easy to swap out is the top one, which lucky for me is the SATA, so longer cables would be a good idea so I wouldn't have to take the side of all the time.

@Chewy, (LMAO) although I wouldn't go as far as drilling the hole, or would I?

[Chewy]

since this whole thread has left the realm of practicality, I would suggest a final solution

stack 2-3 of these esata cases on top of your computer

http://www.galaxymetalgear.com/Products/5202.html

[NightTran]

Chewy, is it safe to unhook one of the sata HD and plug in like one of the external box like you have above for one burn then plug it back?

Thanks ( Soup sorry if you think I am HJ your thread )

[Chewy]

if you power down to unhook it's safe

I hate to see the wear and tear on the connections myself

the new esata hdd cases come with adapter plates that mount in an empty slot in the back of your computer

these new 5.5 cases are just now starting to hit the market

I have been waiting a long time for esata to hit big, it's here to stay

One enclosure even comes with a laptop card

we will see laptops and external burners being just as capable as towers, then I might consider them almost real computers

at least for non gamers

[soup]

@ NightTran, no worries, it's wide open.

@Chewy, now why don't they build one of those that can hold 2 or 3 drives, instead of stacking? or is that called a tower?

BTW, I always power down & shut the switch off at the back of the tower. I shouldn't be swapping in & out much longer.

[Chewy]

they build external drive cases for server type applications, seen a few esata ones that come with their own controller cards, you can build another computer for what they cost tho

[NightbladeXX]

there also tons of cool cases you can use too

I made myself one out of Oak, havent quite finished it, but I plan to finish up the details to make it look old school with the big old crystaled egg shape lights on it and big old switches for and external box, then I thought it might be cool just to make it a Linux driven NAS box, or just leave it as it big enough to hold 4 drives 2x80mm Fans in front, 1x120mm top mounted exhaust, and an Enermax 465W PSU with the extra hook ups removed