On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Scott Silva ssilva@sgvwater.com wrote:
on 7-29-2008 10:48 AM Lanny Marcus spake the following:
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You must have forgotten to wave the chicken over your head 3 times and said the magic words. You don't want to wave the chicken more than 3 times, as he will be angry enough after the 3. ;-P
I had to open that box (now my daughters) awhile back, to remove the defective Teac CD-RW drive and I remembered what happened to the original box and kept my fingers crossed, that I could get it open and close it again. When it happened to the new box, a Dimension 4300, which was under warranty, two (2) men came to our house and they had a struggle, to get the case open. Flimsy plastic. It opens like a suitcase and is incredibly easy to work on, if you can get it open. If Dell would sell a box like that, with a metal case, it would be a winner.
I have worked on them. I think a button on the top and another on the bottom that you have to push "at the same time and just right" for it to open. Then with your third arm you have to pull the side open. It was not fun. But it was a side job and paid cash.
I think the first one we got was defective, before it left the Dell factory. If it works properly, it's pretty easy to open them and a joy to work inside. The boxes we have where the drives are in cages are a lot harder, when you need to remove and/or install a drive. It took 2 grown men to get that first Dell Dimension 4300 open and I was afraid to keep it, fearing the same problem would pop up again, the next time I needed to get inside to work on it. Cash is good.