P180 Lower drivebay stuck
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P180 Lower drivebay stuck
Greetings,
I've had my p180 for months now, and ever since I completed building my hardware in it the lower drivebay has been stuck
Now the badpart is that I only have one hardrive (Seagate 250GB) And it's in this drivebay..
I've tried just about anything to get it out, I took out the other sideplate and pushed on it while pulling from the other side, didn't work.
Took out all the hardware and it's still stuck!
And yes I didn't forget to take the thumbscrew out
Some help would be most appreciated since the little bugger gets quite hot (40-45 degrees with this weather)
T.i.a!
Bob
I've had my p180 for months now, and ever since I completed building my hardware in it the lower drivebay has been stuck
Now the badpart is that I only have one hardrive (Seagate 250GB) And it's in this drivebay..
I've tried just about anything to get it out, I took out the other sideplate and pushed on it while pulling from the other side, didn't work.
Took out all the hardware and it's still stuck!
And yes I didn't forget to take the thumbscrew out
Some help would be most appreciated since the little bugger gets quite hot (40-45 degrees with this weather)
T.i.a!
Bob
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He did say he took the thumbscrew out.
The only thing I can suggest is that take both sidepanels and front panels off and try to actually understand why won't it move. The whole construction is quite simple, I don't see what could be the problem there, so hopefully you'll be able to see what's causing it.
The only thing I can suggest is that take both sidepanels and front panels off and try to actually understand why won't it move. The whole construction is quite simple, I don't see what could be the problem there, so hopefully you'll be able to see what's causing it.
Perhaps you put it in wrong, so it's not sitting loosely in the slot, but wedged in the wrong position? Could it be at a slight angle? If you can't figure out a better method, brute force (perhaps even holding a piece of wood against it and tapping the wood with a hammer*) may be necessary.
*Less likely to cause damage. This trick can be used on all sorts of things that would dent or scratch under a direct hammer blow.
*Less likely to cause damage. This trick can be used on all sorts of things that would dent or scratch under a direct hammer blow.
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