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eMachine Desktop - Removing the Front Plastic Cover
"Shaun" wrote in message om... |I would like to know how to remove the front plastic cover off a newer | eMachine (~T2200 or newer). Here is a picture | (http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:eMachine...4293 0?used=1) | which can enlarge by clicking on it. | | The floppy drive broke, and to slide it out into the case involves | taking the motherboard out. I hope to take it out the front. If you can't figure that out on your own, put your screwdriver away and take it to a shop. |
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On 22 Jan 2005 11:53:48 -0800, (Shaun) wrote:
| I would like to know how to remove the front plastic cover off a newer | eMachine (~T2200 or newer). Here is a picture | (http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:eMachine...4293 0?used=1) | which can enlarge by clicking on it. | | The floppy drive broke, and to slide it out into the case involves | taking the motherboard out. I hope to take it out the front. | Looks like the rest, take the cover off, then on the back side of the front there should be 6 to 8 small screws attaching it to the frame. If you run into wire connections just remember where they go. What the Toolman says has a lot of truth. I sense your next problem will be why the floppy light stays on all the time. -- |
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Shaun wrote:
I would like to know how to remove the front plastic cover off a newer eMachine (~T2200 or newer). Here is a picture (http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:eMachine...4293 0?used=1) which can enlarge by clicking on it. The floppy drive broke, and to slide it out into the case involves taking the motherboard out. I hope to take it out the front. Thanks for your help! Shaun The front cover is probably held on with tabs at the side. Wiggle it a bit and you should see them. Push the cover sideways to the left and the right side should pop free. Unless this eMachine is even more FU'd than usual, you will not have to remove the mobo. The floppy will be fastened with 4 screws, 2 per side. |
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wrote in message ... | On 22 Jan 2005 11:53:48 -0800, (Shaun) wrote: | || I would like to know how to remove the front plastic cover off a newer || eMachine (~T2200 or newer). Here is a picture || (http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:eMachine...4293 0?used=1) || which can enlarge by clicking on it. || || The floppy drive broke, and to slide it out into the case involves || taking the motherboard out. I hope to take it out the front. || | | Looks like the rest, take the cover off, then on the back side of the | front there should be 6 to 8 small screws attaching it to the frame. If | you run into wire connections just remember where they go. | | What the Toolman says has a lot of truth. I sense your next problem will | be why the floppy light stays on all the time. | Yeah - sometimes I lean toward the sarcastic...but when I read that, the first thing that came to mind was an old cartoon on the wall at work...a classroom full of dunce-capped students, teacher with a bit screwdriver drawn on the chalkboard...caption reads "School for the mechanically declined". Farside, I think, or some similar work... |
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Not Necessarily. My IBM Aptiva had the floppy built right onto/into the
front of the case, and could not be removed. When I had several crashes, I took the tower into the shop, and they said that IBM only put a 200 watt power supply into the machine, snd I needed at least 300 for all of the hardware I added at time of purchase. The new PS would not fit into the tiny case, so I ordered a new case. Then I had to pay $15.00 for a floppy because the IBM one couldn't be moved; it was part of the case. That was the 'puter I bought back in 1998, so perhaps things have changed with some brand-name computers. "SgtMinor" wrote in message ... Shaun wrote: I would like to know how to remove the front plastic cover off a newer eMachine (~T2200 or newer). Here is a picture (http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:eMachine...4293 0?used=1) which can enlarge by clicking on it. The floppy drive broke, and to slide it out into the case involves taking the motherboard out. I hope to take it out the front. Thanks for your help! Shaun The front cover is probably held on with tabs at the side. Wiggle it a bit and you should see them. Push the cover sideways to the left and the right side should pop free. Unless this eMachine is even more FU'd than usual, you will not have to remove the mobo. The floppy will be fastened with 4 screws, 2 per side. |
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The emachine floppy isnt built into the case.
"PuppyKatt" wrote in message ... Not Necessarily. My IBM Aptiva had the floppy built right onto/into the front of the case, and could not be removed. When I had several crashes, I took the tower into the shop, and they said that IBM only put a 200 watt power supply into the machine, snd I needed at least 300 for all of the hardware I added at time of purchase. The new PS would not fit into the tiny case, so I ordered a new case. Then I had to pay $15.00 for a floppy because the IBM one couldn't be moved; it was part of the case. That was the 'puter I bought back in 1998, so perhaps things have changed with some brand-name computers. "SgtMinor" wrote in message ... Shaun wrote: I would like to know how to remove the front plastic cover off a newer eMachine (~T2200 or newer). Here is a picture (http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:eMachine...puter:19909429 30?used=1) which can enlarge by clicking on it. The floppy drive broke, and to slide it out into the case involves taking the motherboard out. I hope to take it out the front. Thanks for your help! Shaun The front cover is probably held on with tabs at the side. Wiggle it a bit and you should see them. Push the cover sideways to the left and the right side should pop free. Unless this eMachine is even more FU'd than usual, you will not have to remove the mobo. The floppy will be fastened with 4 screws, 2 per side. |
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:52:09 -0600, "PuppyKatt"
wrote: Not Necessarily. My IBM Aptiva had the floppy built right onto/into the front of the case, and could not be removed. When I had several crashes, I took the tower into the shop, and they said that IBM only put a 200 watt power supply into the machine, snd I needed at least 300 for all of the hardware I added at time of purchase. The new PS would not fit into the tiny case, so I ordered a new case. Then I had to pay $15.00 for a floppy because the IBM one couldn't be moved; it was part of the case. That was the 'puter I bought back in 1998, so perhaps things have changed with some brand-name computers. That's not entirely true. The Aptiva floppy might've not had it's own (front) plastic bezel, but it was certainly not built into the case any moreso that any other drive is. The lack of bezel would indeed make moving it, (cosmetically) difficult, but this is not unusual, many HP, Compaq, Gateway cases also had floppies without a separate bezel. As this relates to the OP's situation, even when the original drive doesn't have a bezel, a replacement can simply have it's bezel removed unless the dust flap (door) was mounted to the floppy frame instead of the case bezel. When that's the situation one must source a drive meant for OEM cases that has the flap, possibly having to paint it, or often one can simply buy the same make of drive and swap the top cover plate which holds that flap.... or there are other more creative solutions taken case by case. |
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I bought one too, back in '98, (an Aptiva, I mean, 2137-E85 to be exact)
and it was the worst piece of computer crap I ever owned. During the twelve or so months of bitching and moaning that elapsed between my purchase of that thing and the day I got my money back thanks to a judgment against IBM in small claims court I lived through a surreal experience. I don't remember how the floppy was built in - I remember stuff in swing-out or removable cages - but there must be a solution other than buying a new case, and remove the mobo, because the floppy failed. With eMachines focused on low-cost assembly I was guessing they use as many "snap-together" parts as possible. In my own case, the floppy is screwed in, but the hard drives are fastened in a more secure manner: http://www.datadocktorn.nu/us_desktop6.php PuppyKatt wrote: Not Necessarily. My IBM Aptiva had the floppy built right onto/into the front of the case, and could not be removed. When I had several crashes, I took the tower into the shop, and they said that IBM only put a 200 watt power supply into the machine, snd I needed at least 300 for all of the hardware I added at time of purchase. The new PS would not fit into the tiny case, so I ordered a new case. Then I had to pay $15.00 for a floppy because the IBM one couldn't be moved; it was part of the case. That was the 'puter I bought back in 1998, so perhaps things have changed with some brand-name computers. "SgtMinor" wrote in message ... Shaun wrote: I would like to know how to remove the front plastic cover off a newer eMachine (~T2200 or newer). Here is a picture (http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:eMachine...4293 0?used=1) which can enlarge by clicking on it. The floppy drive broke, and to slide it out into the case involves taking the motherboard out. I hope to take it out the front. Thanks for your help! Shaun The front cover is probably held on with tabs at the side. Wiggle it a bit and you should see them. Push the cover sideways to the left and the right side should pop free. Unless this eMachine is even more FU'd than usual, you will not have to remove the mobo. The floppy will be fastened with 4 screws, 2 per side. |
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:00:05 -0800, "Toolman Tim"
wrote: "Shaun" wrote in message . com... |I would like to know how to remove the front plastic cover off a newer | eMachine (~T2200 or newer). Here is a picture | (http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:eMachine...4293 0?used=1) | which can enlarge by clicking on it. | | The floppy drive broke, and to slide it out into the case involves | taking the motherboard out. I hope to take it out the front. If you can't figure that out on your own, put your screwdriver away and take it to a shop. I think some of you people are being rude. I can not figure out how to add a dvd drive. I know the front unsnaps. It still won't come off. My emachine is w2030 I have added a case fan. Change the power supply. Removed a hard drive and changed fans I even rebuilt another computer. This computer had much easier access. What get me is the manufactures make easier for some things but not all items Greg R |
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