[coastie65]

LiveBrianD, on 25 April 2012 - 07:26 PM, said:

How about a case like this? http://www.instructa...LK/PC-parts.jpg It's cheap, for sure!

I guess we can add that to the list along with wj's aquarium.

[coastie65]

When I was fooling around a couple of weeks ago and making a home made CD album ( that ultimately got me in hot water ) My Optical drive went on the fritz, or so I thought. The drawer suddenly refused to open and apparently the thing was running at one point when I used the paperclip to open the drawer ( made an awful noise too ). Anyway, I ordered a LiteOn iHAS 524. It was shipped and the one in here decided to work again and has done fine since. Incidently, LiteOn is a division of Philips. The optical drive in here, was added with the processor when I ordered the parts for the build. It is a Toshiba / Samsung hybrid ( TSST corp. - Toshiba Samsung Storage Technologies corp ).

This post has been edited by coastie65: 26 April 2012 - 09:59 AM

[waldojim]

sounds like your drive never received the code to unlock the door. I have had that a couple times with free burning software. Never had that problem using Nero.

[waldojim]

coastie65, on 26 April 2012 - 05:38 AM, said:

LiveBrianD, on 25 April 2012 - 07:26 PM, said:

How about a case like this? http://www.instructa...LK/PC-parts.jpg It's cheap, for sure!

I guess we can add that to the list along with wj's aquarium.

Hey, that aquarium was a lot of fun, and will be improved upon in the future... if I ever get the time.

[LiveBrianD]

coastie65, on 26 April 2012 - 09:56 AM, said:

When I was fooling around a couple of weeks ago and making a home made CD album ( that ultimately got me in hot water ) My Optical drive went on the fritz, or so I thought. The drawer suddenly refused to open and apparently the thing was running at one point when I used the paperclip to open the drawer ( made an awful noise too ). Anyway, I ordered a LiteOn iHAS 524. It was shipped and the one in here decided to work again and has done fine since. Incidently, LiteOn is a division of Philips. The optical drive in here, was added with the processor when I ordered the parts for the build. It is a Toshiba / Samsung hybrid ( TSST corp. - Toshiba Samsung Storage Technologies corp ).

Man, it seems like your solution to everything is buy more stuff. I've had that problem once or twice, but once I power-cycled the optical drive (put the computer in sleep for a moment, cutting off power to the ODD), it was fine.

[coastie65]

waldojim, on 26 April 2012 - 01:51 PM, said:

sounds like your drive never received the code to unlock the door. I have had that a couple times with free burning software. Never had that problem using Nero.

That drive was bare bones. I did Nero 9 with the LiteOn though. Had to go online to get the LightScribe utilites ( yeah I use it at times ). I should have disconnected the power to the Drive before I used the paper clip as the diosk was still turning and sure made an awful noise. I believe the one in here is 22x and the LiteOn is 24x, so may change them, although when I was burning a complete music library, it ripped right through them and took no time for 12 tracks.

[coastie65]

waldojim, on 26 April 2012 - 01:52 PM, said:

coastie65, on 26 April 2012 - 05:38 AM, said:

LiveBrianD, on 25 April 2012 - 07:26 PM, said:

How about a case like this? http://www.instructa...LK/PC-parts.jpg It's cheap, for sure!

I guess we can add that to the list along with wj's aquarium.

Hey, that aquarium was a lot of fun, and will be improved upon in the future... if I ever get the time.

Lot of fun cleaning up mineral oil too Huh ?

[coastie65]

LiveBrianD, on 26 April 2012 - 02:24 PM, said:

coastie65, on 26 April 2012 - 09:56 AM, said:

When I was fooling around a couple of weeks ago and making a home made CD album ( that ultimately got me in hot water ) My Optical drive went on the fritz, or so I thought. The drawer suddenly refused to open and apparently the thing was running at one point when I used the paperclip to open the drawer ( made an awful noise too ). Anyway, I ordered a LiteOn iHAS 524. It was shipped and the one in here decided to work again and has done fine since. Incidently, LiteOn is a division of Philips. The optical drive in here, was added with the processor when I ordered the parts for the build. It is a Toshiba / Samsung hybrid ( TSST corp. - Toshiba Samsung Storage Technologies corp ).

Man, it seems like your solution to everything is buy more stuff. I've had that problem once or twice, but once I power-cycled the optical drive (put the computer in sleep for a moment, cutting off power to the ODD), it was fine.

Well, that may have been a bit quick on the trigger as it started working about the time they shipped the one I ordered. Actually, the one I orderd was the one on my parts list, but when I went to check out, there was always 2 Optical drives on the list and one with no charge ( The one that came with the processor ), so I just took that and dropped the LiteOn. I practice recreational shopping.

[waldojim]

coastie65, on 26 April 2012 - 03:20 PM, said:

waldojim, on 26 April 2012 - 01:52 PM, said:

coastie65, on 26 April 2012 - 05:38 AM, said:

LiveBrianD, on 25 April 2012 - 07:26 PM, said:

How about a case like this? http://www.instructa...LK/PC-parts.jpg It's cheap, for sure!

I guess we can add that to the list along with wj's aquarium.

Hey, that aquarium was a lot of fun, and will be improved upon in the future... if I ever get the time.

Lot of fun cleaning up mineral oil too Huh ?

Sometimes clean up is a bit more involved... But that is what experimentations are for. Find what works, and what doesn't. 10gal fishtank on dining room table filled with mineral oil? That is a "never again" in my household.

[coastie65]

waldojim, on 26 April 2012 - 04:19 PM, said:

coastie65, on 26 April 2012 - 03:20 PM, said:

waldojim, on 26 April 2012 - 01:52 PM, said:

coastie65, on 26 April 2012 - 05:38 AM, said:

LiveBrianD, on 25 April 2012 - 07:26 PM, said:

How about a case like this? http://www.instructa...LK/PC-parts.jpg It's cheap, for sure!

I guess we can add that to the list along with wj's aquarium.

Hey, that aquarium was a lot of fun, and will be improved upon in the future... if I ever get the time.

Lot of fun cleaning up mineral oil too Huh ?

Sometimes clean up is a bit more involved... But that is what experimentations are for. Find what works, and what doesn't. 10gal fishtank on dining room table filled with mineral oil? That is a "never again" in my household.

I bet it is.

[LiveBrianD]

Somehow I don't think submerging PC components in mineral oil is a good idea. Besides, how do you get the oil off later if you want to put the components in a regular case?

[coastie65]

LiveBrianD, on 26 April 2012 - 04:55 PM, said:

Somehow I don't think submerging PC components in mineral oil is a good idea. Besides, how do you get the oil off later if you want to put the components in a regular case?

That thing worked good and he got the idea from an article somewhere and it had been done, so he decided to try it. It has ben prtty much a running thing as someone hit the table and knocked the aquarium off with 10 gals of Mineral oil in it.

This post has been edited by coastie65: 26 April 2012 - 05:15 PM

[LiveBrianD]

Oh, this? http://forums.pcworl...erged-desktops/ lol

[waldojim]

coastie65, on 26 April 2012 - 05:13 PM, said:

LiveBrianD, on 26 April 2012 - 04:55 PM, said:

Somehow I don't think submerging PC components in mineral oil is a good idea. Besides, how do you get the oil off later if you want to put the components in a regular case?

That thing worked good and he got the idea from an article somewhere and it had been done, so he decided to try it. It has ben prtty much a running thing as someone hit the table and knocked the aquarium off with 10 gals of Mineral oil in it.

Thats pretty much it. It worked great for a while. Then someone had to ruin all the fun.

Still, alcohol cleans up the parts nicely. The motherboard, cpu, ram, and video card are all still in active use today.

[LiveBrianD]

I'm probably a bit of a wimp here (I don't even want to try water cooling, never mind putting the entire PC in mineral oil...).

Looking back at that thread, it is funny that you had issues with that motherboard - I'd just built my PC about a month earlier with a gigabyte board and had no issues. (it's a more expensive board than the one you used though)

[waldojim]

LiveBrianD, on 26 April 2012 - 07:21 PM, said:

I'm probably a bit of a wimp here (I don't even want to try water cooling, never mind putting the entire PC in mineral oil...).

Looking back at that thread, it is funny that you had issues with that motherboard - I'd just built my PC about a month earlier with a gigabyte board and had no issues. (it's a more expensive board than the one you used though)

There is a fairly decent difference between bottom of the barrel boards, and mainstream boards.