Can I make something out of this or should I just throw it away?
>>985751
Buy a case for it and turn it into a portable dvd writer, like I did.
>>985751
You can rip out the laser and pop balloons until you blind yourself, if you're into that.
>>985766
That wont work for balloons. The videos you see that claim they use a rwdvd diode lie. They use a more powerful diode.
But yeah you can blind yourself if you get the angle just right.
>>985751
if nothing else, the metal plates from the case could be useful next time you need a small piece of sheet metal.
>>985760
That's what I'd do if it worked.
It was on my old laptop and it would not play any cd but you could hear the disc spinning.
>>985827
I'll keep that in mind, thanks.
>>985751
The aluminium casing is pretty thin, so you can cut it with scissors. I bent it into a phone stand