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This question might seem pretty stupid, but i'll ask it anyway. I found this DVD burning drive in office depot for $60. However, it is white and my system is entirely black. Is there anyway i could paint or spraypaint it black or anything?
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Pentium 4 2.66 Ghz
533 Mhz Front-Side Bus
256 Mb PC2700 RAM
64 Mb Nvidia Geforce MX 440 w/ AGP 8x
SoundMax Integrated Audio
40 Gb Value Hard Drive

buy a black paint marker
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actually its really no problem
simply go to the store and pick up a can of black spray paint for plastics
i use krylon fusion for plastics
it works greatthen remove the front faceplate of your drive, usually there are some tabs that are holding it in place just push em inward and pull the faceplate out
now paint itbut for the tray cover i would recoomend wrapping everywhere around it carefully with tapeand then spray painting it, same goes for the buttons
make sure to let everything dry and dont touch it! i have spray painted an entire case before and it turned out fine, this is really not that hard to do
what is painfully obvious to one person might be just painful to the other

In addition to giggles post, I would suggest that instead of using paint for plastics, get a can of "vinyl dye" spray paint. You can get them at most major auto parts stores. Regular spray paint will work, of course, but can get messy/runny and adds a thickness that might make things (door/buttons) stick/jam. Vinyl dye absorbs into the plastic and "infuse" with it to give a "oem look". Remember to remove the eject button and paint that separately. As for the led light window, cover it with some vaseline, using a toothpick and apply paint over it...it will be easy to remove once the paint is set. Also, use light, thin layers when applying the paint.

Don't paint it. Use VINYL DYE. You'll all appreciate this link, methinks!
http://www.modthebox.com/vinyldye.shtml

Is the added cost and time spent voiding your warranty worth it?
Order a black one and keep the warranty!
808

im not sure about this but i think he implied that he already bought it
so did you already buy it, devils6889?
what is painfully obvious to one person might be just painful to the other

whats the point of buying a new one just to get some stupid warranty you're never going to use?! ive painted 2 cd-rom drives, 3 floppy drives, zip drive, all black. its easy. just follow the directions on the paint can and you can use normal gloss black for cars or whatever. it turns out nicely but let it sit for 24hrs to dry or else it will be sticky and soft. like what giggles said, just push out the tabs but with a flat head scew driver. im sure you will have fun. later

808, he already bought it!!!
what is painfully obvious to one person might be just painful to the other

actually, i haven't already bought it
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Pentium 4 2.66 Ghz
533 Mhz Front-Side Bus
256 Mb PC2700 RAM
64 Mb Nvidia Geforce MX 440 w/ AGP 8x
SoundMax Integrated Audio
40 Gb Value Hard Drive

ooops, my bad
you can still paint it tho, its really not that hard, i mean compared to something like installing a raid array painting a cd drive is nothing and it would save you some money cuz you could buy the cheaper one and paint it
what is painfully obvious to one person might be just painful to the other

thx
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Pentium 4 2.66 Ghz
533 Mhz Front-Side Bus
256 Mb PC2700 RAM
64 Mb Nvidia Geforce MX 440 w/ AGP 8x
SoundMax Integrated Audio
40 Gb Hard Drive

Lol, installing a raid array is easy.
The worst par of building a mchien (in my opinion) is puttingt the heatsink on the cpu, and clamping it down. It always worries me that I will crack or damage the die!

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