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Just remember if man can put it together, man can take it apart, but it takes a geek to mod it.   ;D

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I got all of my tools locally but ebay is always a goo dplace to look.

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a Dremel is the way to go!!  ;)Fan holes, grinding, drilling i use it for almost every mod. It came in real handy for my rocker switch that’s  4 sure ;D

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Just to mention, my buddy picked up a 25 pack of Diamond coated dremel bits at a Harbor Freight for $30.00.  I got a chance to use them when I was modding a removable hard drive casing to fit a PC card. They worked nice! ;D

I dont know if any of you guys got one of these stores but there awesome look into it.

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Can tear it apart and see if it looks like ther is an IDE style conector inside and a parellel adapter to bypass and just hook into you're IDE cable's but I seriously doubt that it would be that easy.  If you do enough research you may find a pinout of the drive and solder in a IDE cable but that kinda stuff is hard to come by and even harder to do.  
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(im learning to use quotes. nice feature) Now, can you explain that in noob language? I know what IDE and parallel ports are, BUT i dont know how in the hell I'd bypass the parallel and hook it up IDE. What am I looking for? Also, I'm more than willing to research pinouts if I knew what they were. Can someone help out the ModNoob?

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Sorry that wasn't to much of an explanation.  I'm not sure how Iomega built there drives but I was rambling about a theory.  Basically you need to open it up and see what it's guts look like.  It's possible though highly unlikely that the drive is the same electrically as an internal drive with some kind of adapeter on it so it can work on a parallel port.  So basicaly pry it open and see if it looks like a standard drive inside of the large casing.  I seriously doubt this is the case but if it is it'll be one of the simplest mods around.  By the way what do you want with a Zip drive?  IMHO their best used as a door stop a skeet target but then again I've been known to be slightly opinionated.  

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Well, I dont use it much cuz I have a burner, but i wanna geek it up. See if i can enhance the speed of it by making it internal. So what do I do if it isnt that easy?

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Well like I said to start with I'ld run the cord out the back of the case and back into the parallel port to keep it easy.  Otherwise you'll need a schematic (electonic blueprints) or a pinout and start soldering a ribbon cable connector to it.  Not only would that be hard it would be very easy to fry something.  I have a fair bit of electronics experience and education and I'ld try to steer clear of that.  But if your heart is set on it more power to you.  I'ld love to hear how it turns out.  Unfortunatly I know little more than that trickle of wisdom.  :'(

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Either that or a BFH (Big F****** Hammer)  Then put all the little computer chip crumbs in the bottom of your case.  ;D