[rescue] Partial success

[Phil Stracchino]

Mike Hebel wrote:
> I got an Ugh Level grumpy message from: Phil Stracchino

Ugh Level grumpy?  :)

>> Steve Hatle wrote:
>>> On 6/24/08 8:41 AM, "Phil Stracchino"  wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you have clearance below,
>>>> but not above, the slim optical drive, you're OK.  If you have
>>>> clearance
>>>> above, but not below, it's not going to fit.
>>>>
>>> Well, in that case, just put it in upside down :-)
>> Won't fit the bracket that way.  Plus, slim optical drives tend not to
>> have clips to hold the disk in when used in unusual orientations like,
>> say, upside down.  ;)
> 
> No...they (99%) have spring-loaded retaining bearings/clips on the central
> spindle.  They hold the disc in any orientation.  I don't think I've ever
> seen one without them.

True.

Still won't fit the bracket upside down, though.


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