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sanifu · December 16th, 2006

I have a Compaq Presario 5000 and I want to upgrade my DVD/CD drive. Can someone please tell me how to remove my current drive--its cased 'with out' screws(some sort of clamp); the HP site only tells how to remove drives'with' screws.....I'd like to do-it-myself.......can you help me avoid that geek thangy?...

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Sanifu

Titus03 · January 6th, 2007

Are those clamps mounted into screw holes? If they are, try to pull them up with a tool. If they'll broke up, don't worry. Mount your new drive with normal screws.

shafeen · January 7th, 2007

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Originally Posted by sanifu

I have a Compaq Presario 5000 and I want to upgrade my DVD/CD drive. Can someone please tell me how to remove my current drive--its cased 'with out' screws(some sort of clamp); the HP site only tells how to remove drives'with' screws.....I'd like to do-it-myself.......can you help me avoid that geek thangy?...

.,

Sanifu

thoe are plastic clamp i beleive ,try punching them

from inside of the box

Player-X · January 7th, 2007

Most of them have some kind of release switch or catch, the screw less mounting in my computer is a sliding piece of plastic which pushes a piece of metal into the screw hole, you might have that kind of mounting.

Otherwise it might also be rails that are being used to secure your drive in your computer, in that case it should be pretty easy to find the mechanism that holds the rail in place, disengage it and pull the drive out.

You have to remember to remove the front panel first as that may be part of the mounting, I had worked on Dells that use part of their front cover to block the drives from sliding out as part of their anti thief device.

You might want to contact Compaq tech support about this first as I am not familiar with your specific model.

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sanifu Electronic Musician Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Fl Posts: 1	Help! I have a Compaq Presario 5000 and I want to upgrade my DVD/CD drive. Can someone please tell me how to remove my current drive--its cased 'with out' screws(some sort of clamp); the HP site only tells how to remove drives'with' screws.....I'd like to do-it-myself.......can you help me avoid that geek thangy?... ., Sanifu Last edited by sanifu; December 16th, 2006 at 00:34. Reason: mis spelling

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January 7th, 2007	#4 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	Most of them have some kind of release switch or catch, the screw less mounting in my computer is a sliding piece of plastic which pushes a piece of metal into the screw hole, you might have that kind of mounting. Otherwise it might also be rails that are being used to secure your drive in your computer, in that case it should be pretty easy to find the mechanism that holds the rail in place, disengage it and pull the drive out. You have to remember to remove the front panel first as that may be part of the mounting, I had worked on Dells that use part of their front cover to block the drives from sliding out as part of their anti thief device. You might want to contact Compaq tech support about this first as I am not familiar with your specific model.