Modding bezel faceplates on a Samsung SM-352

[kpnet]

Is it easy to remove bezel plates on any type of CD or DVD ROM internal drive? Does opening a few screws to get to the tray all it take?

Since Samsung does not manufacture a black, SM-352 with an 8MB buffer, I was going to buy a beige one that does along with the black 2MB one. Then I could switch them so I can have a black bezel, 8MB buffer Samsung SM-352.

Sounds picky doesn't it?

[Atomic Rooster]

You shouldn't have to open it up at all. Just push in a few tabs and the bezel should pop right off.

[Brainchild]

Yeah AR but the Tray is a little harder to get out

[Atomic Rooster]

On my Plextor, you just open up the tray and snap off the face plate just like the bezel.

[kpnet]

OK, at least the plate is easy to get off. But the tray shouldn't be too difficult as long as I remove the proper screws of course?

[butch81385]

you could just buy the beige one and just use vinyl dye on it to make it black... save you a couple of bucks...

[kpnet]

Yeah, it would have been cheaper to just buy some vinyl dye but I wanted to keep the Samsung logos intact.

Anyway, I bought both models the other day. Changing the bezel and tray is not that hard if you know what you're doing. It took me half an hour to figure out I needed the tray open in order to remove the case.

After tearing up my hands I finally got the trays out and exchanged them. It was well worth the the effort because now I'm the only one with this model in black bezel form.