MR2Mike
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my cd writer on my tiny pc has broken, so ive been searching on the net for a replacement and cant seem to find an internal one that will fit. ive ordered a fairly cheap one which im hoping for now i can simply put in place of the normal cd drive (same size i hope), rather than in place of the cd writer as i dont use the cd drive much at the moment, im just wondering if its ok to do this as a temporary thing ?? (i cant quite afford an external cd writer at the moment btw)
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Welsh Dan
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Why do you say it won't fit? Even Tiny use standard size parts. Its just a fancy case, which if you remove the fascia you will be able to put a replacement drive in, and put the fascia back on.
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MR2Mike
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the cd writer is the top of the two drives on my pc, and is really small, all the cd writers on the net are bigger and have volume controls etc underneath (like a cd drive) so they wont fit.
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Welsh Dan
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Are you sure its not just a fascia. I know two people that had Tiny PC's, and there was a slot that the draw slid out through. The fascia was on hinges though so you could get to the volume controls. Have you got any pictures?
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MR2Mike
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no pics mate sorry. by facia do you mean the full front panel or just the silver part around each drive?
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Welsh Dan
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Not so much the full front, but there should be a section that covers each drive. Behind that is a standard sized drive.
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MR2Mike
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nah mate definitely not on this... i can see what you mean though, maybe if a take the front panel off, the full drive will be revealed lol. thanks
better buy some allen keys then  lol
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MR2Mike
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in the gap between each drive, there is the button for the cd writer to open, so i presume its bigger than it seems, deffo have to take front off
cheers
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Welsh Dan
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Yeah, just take the front off. I'm 99.9% that it will be a standard drive, in which case replace it with anything 
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MR2Mike
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cheers mate
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