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Optical Drive nearly touching the Motherboard?

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Is it really necessary to discuss whether or not OP may own a drive that is bound to short his board or not? There are hundreds of different drives out there, who cares....

OP, why don't you just fold around non-conductive tape around the edges of your drive? Even it is does touch your board any time in the future, it won't short out.

 

Pro-Benefit: electrical tape even makes plastic non-conductive  ;)

 

(though I do think that the edge of the board isn't that critical, BUT you get bragging right for a modded custom-color optical drive  :P )

 

 

@Op2mus: next time please don't open two threads: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/386994-optical-drive-nearly-touching-the-motherboard/

Though they managed to give a short answer there ^^

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Hey guys,

 

I have a problem, my optical drive is nearly touching the motherboard on the top right side. Is this okay? Will my motherboard short out id the DVD drive happens to come in contact with it?

 

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It might do.

 

I'd make sure to put something unconductive on both places that could come close to touching.

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usually optical drives are made out of plastic, which doesn't short 

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usually optical drives are made out of plastic, which doesn't short 

 

Have you ever seen the inside of a computer?

 

computer-optical-drive.jpg

 

The optical drive is encased in a metallic casing. Only the bezel is plastic. 

 

OP- put a piece of electrical tape between the optical drive and the motherboard.

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Have you ever seen the inside of a computer?

computer-optical-drive.jpg

The optical drive is encased in a metallic casing. Only the bezel is plastic.

OP- put a piece of electrical tape between the optical drive and the motherboard.

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Have you ever seen the inside of a computer?

 

computer-optical-drive.jpg

 

The optical drive is encased in a metallic casing. Only the bezel is plastic. 

 

OP- put a piece of electrical tape between the optical drive and the motherboard.

 

but the back where the sata and power cable are is made out of plastic 

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but the back where the sata and power cable are is made out of plastic

Nope... 

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Do an image search for SATA DVD and there's plenty more.

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Nope... 

ASUS-DRW-24F1ST-DVD-SATA-SUPERMULTI-Burn

 

Do an image search for SATA DVD and there's plenty more.

and thats plastic

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and thats plastic

The metal that folds over is going to be the part that's close to the mobo. Your original point is still invalid...

 

I thought that was very obvious but evidently I expected too much. I guess common sense isn't all that common.

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If your optical drive is fastened securely and your motherboard doesn't flop around like a fish I don't see it ever causing a problem.

Motherboards work with such low voltages that there's really never a chance of any arc happening. Plus the upper corners of most boards are usually rather sparse in terms of components.

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but the back where the sata and power cable are is made out of plastic 

 

And, uh, you don't see where the aluminum is folded over on the edges?

 

OP: If it's only "nearly touching," and it's secure in place, it shouldn't be an issue. Just make sure it can't shift backwards at all. Screws tight.

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Is it really necessary to discuss whether or not OP may own a drive that is bound to short his board or not? There are hundreds of different drives out there, who cares....

OP, why don't you just fold around non-conductive tape around the edges of your drive? Even it is does touch your board any time in the future, it won't short out.

 

Pro-Benefit: electrical tape even makes plastic non-conductive  ;)

 

(though I do think that the edge of the board isn't that critical, BUT you get bragging right for a modded custom-color optical drive  :P )

 

 

@Op2mus: next time please don't open two threads: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/386994-optical-drive-nearly-touching-the-motherboard/

Though they managed to give a short answer there ^^

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