Nec 3550a won't open. obstructed by round corners

Question

I just installed a nec 3550a dl dvd burner in the lower bay. It won't open because the rounded corners are just barely obstucting it. I can't be the only one who has had this problem. I thought I would post this before I shut down my cpu and try putting it in the upper bay. maybe it will fit better. If not i guess i will have to remove those corner pieces. It would be great if somone could help me. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

So the upper tray doesn't work either.
I am not sure what you mean by "The front "door" must be removed from the drive's tray". Do you mean the siver face(on the outside of machine)? Maybe i was not clear as to what the problem is. The slot that the dvd tray slides through is too small. The slot being part of the external of the machine not attached to the internal optical drive carrier. The roundeed cornes of the top part of that gap are causing the problem. If they were stratight corners I would have no problem.
Do you mean remove the face that covers both optical drives(on the outside front of the machine)? So they aren't covered and cd/ dvd traces dont have to slide through those gaps. They will be breathing freely sort to speek.
Thanks wwjd