Hello, Wayne.

-=> WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to CURTIS JOHNSON <=-

 CJ>  I have a Compaq that was given to me, HD dead but everything
 CJ> else seems OK.  Great, I think, all I have to do is swap in a new
 CJ> HD.  Pop the box, and there's about half an inch or so of space between
 CJ> the HD and the CD-ROM, and I've been unable to find a screwdriver
 CJ> with an offset that small.  Anyone here have suggestions as to where
 CJ> to get one?

 WC> Sure you're looking at the right screws?
 WC> Packard Bell had me stumped on how to install or remove the CD-ROM,
 WC> A drive or hard drive until I realized you had to remove the entire
 WC> subchassis all three were mounted in .
 WC> Turned out to be three screws and all went well after that discovery.

I agree - there's usually a way to get the subchassis thing out.  I
remember seeing a few desktops which had the HDD mounted to a brace
thing which extended from front to back of the case.  Had to take that
whole thing out to add/remove CDROM drive.

- - -  JimH.

... Jim, why does everything these days have to be so danged complicated?-Bubba

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