Remove DVD Drive on DX730

Need instructions for removing DVD drive on LX730 All In One. Does not seem to have small screw like laptops have. Need to remove to install HDD in optical bay using caddy from NEWMODEUS. Already did so on Qosmio X505. Also, would like to know where to get SERVICE manual for DX730 (not user manual).

Ok … got the DX-730 and looked it over myself. There is a panel near the big V stand attachment point with a single small screw. That looked suspiciously like a removable panel. I removed the screw and pried along the top edge with a small flat screwdriver. This disconnected the plastic retaining tabs, and I popped off the panel. It was very similar to removing the memory panel.
Ah ha! Upon inspection, I saw a small screw on a bracket near where one would think the DVD retaining screw would need to be. Once removed, the DVD drive easily slid out. Success!
I placed the ODHD caddy from NEWMODEUS into the optical bay. (The ODHD caddy carries a SSD or HDD in an optical form-factor caddy, allowing a SSD/HDD to be mounted where the optical drive typically would be). The optical bay uses one of the SATA channels.
Good news is that from within Windows 7 that second HDD is visible and usable. Very nice way to add a second drive to these single-drive all-in-ones, that unlike laptops, don’t have two HDD bays built in.
Bad news is the BIOS does not see the HDD device as an optical device (well … it isn’t) and won’t boot from the second drive. I wanted to run a second version of Windows, bootable from the physical second drive, but that is not possible. However, I can have a second hard drive for data or backup, and that is good. I can also use the ODHD caddy to carry the “external” HDD from computer-to-computer.
I am not a shill for NEWMODEUS; in fact, other companies make the same type of caddies. I just had very good response and success from them. I wanted to post my experience of getting to the screw that allows optical drive removal and share my success of adding a second hard drive.

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