drilled 2 holes in my dvd drive.

royalmarine · 03-11-2008, 11:40 PM

i drilled 2 holes in my dvd drive.

towards the front.

thing is, it works fine. i cant see any damage on the tray and it burns fine and reads fine.

possible i just hit the outer shell and went through the holes in the tray?

the drill went all the way through the drive... top to bottom.

should i worry? or just role with it?

pc-tech · 03-12-2008, 12:10 AM

open it up, and make sure you dint drill through any wires, or boards, if you drilled through any wire(s), either tape them or solder them back togeter, if you went through a board, and you know the spot, should have something connecting, then, idk
for now, just keep using it until it dies
how big was the drill bit?

jimkonow · 03-12-2008, 12:14 AM

...how...no...why did you drill your DVD drive?

voyagerfan99 · 03-12-2008, 12:16 AM

If it works I wouldn't worry.

Didn't you think of removing the drive before you stated drilling?

royalmarine · 03-12-2008, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimkonow

...how...no...why did you drill your DVD drive?

dont ask lol..... i should have but i was just off a 12 hour shift, didnt sleep in 2 days and went to work on the new case

Quote:

Originally Posted by voyagerfan99

If it works I wouldn't worry.

Didn't you think of removing the drive before you stated drilling?

as above... pure stupidity. i forgot one piece of wood, and the screw was long enough to go through it. if i had remembered the wood piece, it would have been fine and wouldnt have touched the drive.....

the drill went off the wall when i realised what happened

lucky the drill works fine too.

as for the board and cables, after stripping the dvd drive, it looks perfect.

Tuffie · 03-12-2008, 02:03 AM

Lol, it would have been even more funny if he had the computer on, and he was drilling directly into the PSU.

I kid, I kid.

Kent.

03-11-2008, 11:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
royalmarine Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 374	drilled 2 holes in my dvd drive. i drilled 2 holes in my dvd drive. towards the front. thing is, it works fine. i cant see any damage on the tray and it burns fine and reads fine. possible i just hit the outer shell and went through the holes in the tray? the drill went all the way through the drive... top to bottom. should i worry? or just role with it?

03-12-2008, 12:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
jimkonow Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chatham, New York Age: 17 Posts: 953	...how...no...why did you drill your DVD drive? __________________ E4500 @ 2.2GHz Acer AL2216W @ 1680x1050 Gigabyte P35-DS3L 2048MB OCZ DDR2-800 80GB Excelstor SATA 3.0 MSI HD2600XT (256MB GDDR4) NEC DVD-R-DL

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03-12-2008, 12:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
pc-tech banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Berkley Ma Posts: 857	open it up, and make sure you dint drill through any wires, or boards, if you drilled through any wire(s), either tape them or solder them back togeter, if you went through a board, and you know the spot, should have something connecting, then, idk for now, just keep using it until it dies how big was the drill bit?

03-12-2008, 12:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
voyagerfan99 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,333	If it works I wouldn't worry. Didn't you think of removing the drive before you stated drilling?