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Sherwin,
Are you saying that the front bezel/cover won't close properly (5 plastic
tabs), or the metal side cover?
The front bezel (as you know) is somewhat arched and there's nothing in the
steel case to make contact with it outside of those 5 bezel tabs as well as
the floppy eject tab/button.
Is there something loose inside of the plastic front bezel - particularly on
the floppy portion? Just curious. There are two screws that mount the FDD
into the metal FDD bracket - in theory, and if I understand- those could be
temporarily removed and then the FDD would slide back allowing the front
cover to be snapped into place/locked. ?
Stew
"sherwindu" <sherwindu@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:41CA6721.3CE9F40@comcast.net...
> Hi Tom,
> Well, seems like you may have gotten a compatible floppy from a 3rd
> party.
> I also did not find any instructions with the floppy from DELL, but having
> installed
> them on other computers, soon found there was only one way to do it.
> Problem
> is, the front cover will not close properly now. Possibly the floppy is
> causing the
> problem. However, as you also noticed, there is only one screw hole on
> the
> floppy and a matching hole on the case, to attach the drive. Either the
> hole
> on the case, or the hole in the floppy were not placed properly, and that
> may be the reason my front cover won't close. We were on the phone with
> India (DELL) today for an hour, and their conclusion was that the floppy
> was
> not installed properly, and they are scheduling a second trip for a repair
> person.
> The first repair guy they sent had the same problem I had, but said it was
> installed
> properly. This second repair person better bring a drill with to make new
> holes,
> if that indeed is the problem. Again, poor design where DELL did not
> allow
> enough
> clearance between the floppy drive and the front panel to allow for small
> mismatches
> between the alignment of the two pieces. I could even understand if our
> floppy
> was not supplied from DELL, but it was. Although I don't know this for
> sure,
> there must be some industry standard on where these mounting holes are
> placed,
> so that any floppy should fit. What's also amazing is that the support in
> India
>
> thinks the floppy was installed improperly. They should know better.
> There
> were
> not several holes nearby to give alternate mounting positions. The floppy
> has
> to
> be close enough to the front cover to allow access via a slot. Again, I
> give
> low marks to DELL on poor engineering. Hopefully their electronics works
> better
>
> than their mechanical packaging.
>
> Sherwin D.
>
> Tom J wrote:
>
>> "Not So Tiny Tim" <NSTT@humbug.com> wrote in message
>> news:EQ5yd.18702$vU1.5724@fe04.lga...
>> > HAMMER! case closed!!
>>
>> I just installed a floppy in my Dimension 3000 today that I ordered
>> yesterday around 10 AM. It was a snap (literally) to install. It just
>> snapped in place, one screw to hold there, plug in the cables and boot
>> up.
>> No A drive found.
>> Boot up again and F2 for setup - turn on Floppy - exit out and boot again
>> and now it finds the floppy.
>> WHY DON'T they send those instructions with the drive. If I didn't know
>> a
>> little about computers I could have been on the line for hours with tech
>> support working through the install. BTW, since I didn't get it with the
>> computer when I bought it because the cost was $25 and I thought I could
>> use
>> one I already had, I got this one for $14.95 - free shipping overnight.
>>
>> Tom J
>
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