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Floppy disk drive

alansweeney100 · 2008-02-26 09:41:46

Hi Folks, Just had a thought and looking for some ideas. I built a PC bout 8 months ago and never bothered putting a Floppy drive into it as its pretty much dead technology. But my PC case (and most other cases) still has a floppy bay which is now just dead space. Is there any product out there I can use to fill this void?…

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26-02-2008 10:41am

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alansweeney100

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Hi Folks,

Just had a thought and looking for some ideas. I built a PC bout 8 months ago and never bothered putting a Floppy drive into it as its pretty much dead technology. But my PC case (and most other cases) still has a floppy bay which is now just dead space. Is there any product out there I can use to fill this void? A cooler, a passport HDD, something, anything!
I was reading that Macs stopped using floppy drives in 1998!!!
I didn't think of buying a case without a floppy bay at the time but now I wish I did as I can't find any products out there specifically designed to fill it up and it just sits there mocking me every day :eek:
Not really, but it would be nice to utilise this dead space and I doubt I'm the only one on these boards in this 'situation'..............................am I?

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#2 26-02-2008 1:06pm
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Fan controller?

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#3 26-02-2008 2:24pm
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lighter and cup holder.

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#4 26-02-2008 2:31pm
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Kharn, might just go with that, bit of wiring work involved there, perhaps theres a lazier option...........
Thaedydal
Only a complete lunatic would install a lighter/cup holder combo in their floppy drive bay but your post gets 10/10 for entertainment value:D

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#5 26-02-2008 2:33pm
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I know a couple of people with lighters on their PC, it's not as daft an idea as you think! If you're a driver of an automotive vehicle, you may have car charger type things already for phone/mp3 etc...

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#6 26-02-2008 2:53pm
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Card reader? Fan?

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#7 26-02-2008 6:42pm
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That cup holder /lighter thingy is the biz
I want one:D

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#8 26-02-2008 7:41pm
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Thaedydal wrote: »

lighter and cup holder.

I dunno why, but I want it. Now.

In the 3.5 slot of my self-build I have one of those slim-line floppy drives combined with a 7-in-1 card reader.

If I was building again, I'd just leave the slot unused. The amount of times I've even used the card reading facilities of the unit has been minimal.

But! A hot-swappable bay for 2.5 HDs would be interesting.

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#9 27-02-2008 2:12am
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This will do nicely

http://elara.ie/products/detailsfullat.asp?productcode=MMEV690013#;)

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#10 27-02-2008 4:12am
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Extra USB ports.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-PORT-FRONT-PANEL-USB-2-0-HUB-FOR-3-5-DRIVE-BAY-UK_W0QQitemZ250219992864QQihZ015QQcategoryZ90718QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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#11 27-02-2008 1:17pm
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Thanks for the suggestions so far lads;
Fan controller
Lighter & cup holder
Card reader
Fan
A hot-swappable bay for 2.5 HDs
ICY BOX 8 IN 1 BLACK CARD READER
Extra USB ports

Seeing Thermaltakes lighter & cupholder, I figured that wasn't the only accessory for drive bays they do & I ws right, they a strange bunch at Thermaltake :rolleyes:

http://thermaltakeusa.com/product/Accessory/DriveBay/drvbay_index.asp

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#12 02-06-2008 1:15pm
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Now this is a nice idea from Lindy.

http://www.lindy.com/eire/productfolder/04/42977/index.php

Additional SATA Drive Bay also Available:
http://uk.shop.lindy.de/drive-enclosure-mobile-hdd-tray-for-25-sata-drives-usb-2-black/42989.html

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#13 02-06-2008 1:56pm
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I like to ghost my hard drives for back up , This is very very handy , allows you to fire up a hard drive without installing it in the actual computer , its cheap as chips but its not hot swappable.

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=319502

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#14 15-09-2008 2:23pm
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Had to include it.
Toaster

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