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The following is a guide for installing a switch
for the CD-Rom drive, which opens and closes the CD Tray.
This is an excellent mod to go
with a "Stealthed" CD-Rom, it is a very simple mod,
and should take less than 1 hour to complete.
The following is a list of the
items that you will need to complete this mod from start to
finish:
1. Soldering Iron
2. Solder
3. 1 Momentary Switch
4. About 1 ½ feet of the double speaker wire, or 3 feet
of single wire. The gauge does not really matter you do not
need a heavy wire.
5. Screwdriver
6. CD-Rom Drive
7. Heat Shrink tubing (Optional)
8. Hair Dryer (Optional)
Firstly, plug in your soldering iron to heat up while you begin
your preparations.
Get out your CD-Drive and remove
the bottom cover. Directly below the Open/Close switch on the
Drive you will see 4 pins, these 4 pins come from the switch.
The two pins closest to the front of the drive are the ones
that will be used. Fig. 1.0 shows which pins are to be used.
Fig. 1
Once you have located these two pins the next thing you have
to do is strip down your wires at each end. The end that you
will be attaching to the CD-Drive you only need to strip it
down about ¼ inch, anything more than that is just unnecessary
and will most likely get in the way.
N.B: If you are using the double speaker wire, just separate
the wires about 1 inch down, so that when you are soldering
you will be able to work with them.
If you are using the single wire, cut the wire in half so that
you will have 2 - 1 ½ foot long pieces.
Now it is time to begin soldering,
if you are going to use Heat-Shrink tubing, cut a piece that
will be long enough to cover your exposed wires, and place it
over the wire before you begin soldering. You will have to solder
your wires to the pins. Take one of the wires and solder it
to one of the pins, next, solder the other wire to the other
pin. Make you that you have a good solid solder so that the
wire does not pull out easily. Fig. 2 below shows the drive
after soldering.
Fig. 2
If you are using Heat-Shrink Tubing, once you
have ensured that your soldering is tight, put the Heat-Shrink
over the exposed wires and use the hair drier to "shrink"
the tubing, be sure you apply an even amount of heat around
the tubing, and not too much on one side.
You are practically done!
Next, run your wires through the
space where the bottom cover for your drive is screwed in. Once
you have done that, replace the bottom cover.
Depending on where you are going
to place the switch you may need to install it first and then
wire it.
Wiring is quite simple, if you
are going to use more Heat-Shrink tubing, place the tubing over
the wires before soldering. The switch has two poles on its
bottom, solder one of the wires to one of the poles, and solder
the other wire to the other pole. Use your hair dryer to "shrink"
the tubing, and that it. Your done!
This mod is a perfect compliment to a Stealthed CD-Drive, both
you and your friends are sure to love this mod.
An this is what the final product should look like
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