How Do You Use Your Spare Drive Bays?

red_flea asks: "I've got a couple of CDROM bays that I'm not using. Besides another CD or DVD ROM drive, what else can you put there? I know some people who use that space to cool their Cheetah or Raptor drives. Anything else? Please reply with gratuitous linking to products, articles or modder blogs."

Comments

suspension

[alexo]

Well, you could suspend your 3.5" drives in a 5.25" cage to get rid of vibration (reducing noise).

I was thinking of suspending a smallish 3.5" cage inside the 5.25" one.

Anyone knows where one can get old, possibly broken, computers for free in the Toronto area for such experiments?

XT Harddisk.

[Vo0k]

Storage: 5 megabytes
Weight: 4 pounds,
Spin-up sound: Impressive,
Geekness factor: High,
Power Usage: Excessive,
Shutdown method: c:\dos\park.com,
Interface: ISA card,
Linux support: Yes,
Windows support: No,
Badsectors: Probably,
Transfer rates: Who cares?

5 1/2" floppy

[mister_jpeg]

bonus points if it's hooked up.

I love that these have a mechanical lever and they make mechanical farts when booting. Retro cool and functional.

Obligatory Reference

[ReverendLoki]

I'm sort of surprised I haven't seen anyone mention the ubiquitous cup holder yet.

Personally, i've always liked the idea of putting an LCD screen that can pop out the front of your drive bay...