- Stealth Drive - Intro :
- Tools and Materials :
- Modify the bay cover :
- Disassembly :
- Cover Install :
- Drive testing :
Stealth Drives - Overview
The idea of a stealth mod for a CD drive is about five years old at the time of this writing (summer 2006).
I first came across it in a [H]ardOCP forum back in late 2001.
The idea is simple: attach one of the 5.25" drive bay covers to your CD/DVD drive tray. When the drive is closed it looks like you don't have an optical drive at all.
One of the earliest mods I came across is here. Most recently the idea was in an issue of Max PC.
I've seen a ton of different styles... ones with just a clean cover, ones with the LED poking through, etc.
My drive is a simple, clean cover mounted with velcro.
This allows the drive to be opened by pusing on the face plate and is reversable.
That is, you can peel off the velcro and use your drive normally or reuse the drive bay cover for a different drive.