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My laptop came without an optical drive leaving me a couple choices. Get one and find the bracket and face plate to match the chassis. I could put a hard drive there instead.
But I bought this one to use at work and on the go. I use my phone as my internet connection but keeping it in my pocket is bad if I walk too far from the laptop. So I decided to use the optical bay to hole the phone!
Pic:
2 ideas. One I could cut the blank plate as remove one section is about the perfect width for the phone. But finding an extra plate for warranty is impossible. The phones the same width as a 2.5 inch hard drive so why not an ODD caddy?
A rough cut later and a peice of paper to protect the phone from scraping metal:
Now all I need is to get a screen protector for the phone to be really safe! I will get a matching ODD faceplate and cut to cover the excess of the opening. If I were skilled enough it would be nice to have a usb charging dock in there lol.
But I bought this one to use at work and on the go. I use my phone as my internet connection but keeping it in my pocket is bad if I walk too far from the laptop. So I decided to use the optical bay to hole the phone!
Pic:
2 ideas. One I could cut the blank plate as remove one section is about the perfect width for the phone. But finding an extra plate for warranty is impossible. The phones the same width as a 2.5 inch hard drive so why not an ODD caddy?
A rough cut later and a peice of paper to protect the phone from scraping metal:
Now all I need is to get a screen protector for the phone to be really safe! I will get a matching ODD faceplate and cut to cover the excess of the opening. If I were skilled enough it would be nice to have a usb charging dock in there lol.
