[rescue] Fully-Ejecting DVD Writer Recommendations?

Barry Callahan barryc at rjlsystems.com
Tue Mar 22 21:59:56 CDT 2011


On 03/22/2011 08:20 PM, Steve Sandau wrote:
>
> Ejecting the disk on the DVD writer in my desktop appears to provide 
> clearance, though it is only like a mm or so. The OS tells me that it 
> is a SONY DVD RW AW-Q170A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive, which, knowing me, 
> was not very expensive. ;-)
>
> Lifting the disk straight up when ejected seems to clear the faceplate 
> of the drive, but not the faceplate of the ThinkCentre that it is 
> mounted in.
>
> I assume that you have figured out how to avoid introducing problems 
> like that wherever you mount it.

Sweet. Thanks for the feedback, Steve. The way the drive's mounted, 
there's nothing else that the disk has to clear besides the faceplate of 
the drive itself.


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