New dvd drive-what to do with old cd drive? Leave it in?

I have a powermac g4 agp that has it's original cd drive installed. It works fine but it can't burn disks just read. I purchased a Pioneer dvr-115D dvd/cd writer drive so I can burn disks too. Can I leave the original drive in and add the dvd-dvdr to the machine? If so, how? It looks as though there is an extra bay under the cd drive.

Hi-
In the Sawtooth, it appears easy from the outside, but the internal carrier for the lower bay is only 3.5", instead of the 5.25" needed for the optical drive.
Although a "do it yourself" carrier can be fashioned, after removing unnecessary sheet metal, a 5.25" drive in the lower bay also interferes with the heatsink of the CPU (and/or other components), unless you leave the side door open.
It's best to replace the original CD drive, and, if desired, put the old drive into a firewire housing.

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