How to remove the front panel on a compaq presario 5WV254, to install a cdrw Took off side panel, pushed the 3 side clips, like you would a normal pc but something is locking or holding it from opening. I searched the internet, for a diagram posted same problem to numerous help sites, but to no avail.
What we found:::
Turns out the Compaq Presario 5WV254 (all 5000s?):
- Has a narrow, decorative plastic bezel just inside the front outer section of the case. That bezel surrounds: two 5.25" slots, two 3.5" slots, USB ports & the power button.
- Just below that bezel is a drop-down panel to store Windows CDs. By opening that panel, I could tug on the bezel (two plastic side tabs near bottom help hold it in!), then tilt it up and out.
- Removing the bezel revealed 2 plastic tabs holding in each of the 2 CD GUIDES! Pressing those tabs let each slide out!
- The "metal plate" I originally found under the 5.25" plastic cover was actually part of a metal box -- that NO CD/CD-RW could fit into! Fortunately, the 2 CD GUIDES attached to box popped right off. I tossed the box!
- The GUIDES snap into the sides of CDs/CD-RWs, then it all slides in & clicks in place! (Note: No screws! The Guides have little pins that *press into* a CD's screw holes. It's just press & slide!)
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