Mary Elise,

For Question 1
I believe the case sits still and the front panel and "guts" slide out
like a dresser drawer.

For Question 2
Compaq PCs are unique in physical size as well as other ways.  You may have
trouble getting parts to physically fit into the box and once you do, they
may not connect right, or they may just not function.
Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----

 Mary Elise Zimlich wrote:

> I brought a friends computer home from work to see if I can put a cd drive
> in it. She has a Compaq Prolinea 4/33S. It seems to have 36 MB of Ram, and
> a 202 MB hard drive, half of which is free. I can't really believe the
size
> of the hard drive, but that's what it seems to be.
>
> My first question is how do I open the case? I have taken all the screws
> out of the back, expecting something to slide out, but I can't make heads
> nor tails of it. I can't find anything on their support site about how to
> open it. Does anyone know how to open a Prolinea desktop?
>
> My  next question is *if* I can get into the case
>   will I be able to put a cd drive in this computer and have it do any
> good? Or
>   to put it another way- if indeed the hard drive is 202 MB is it worth
> putting a cd drive in the computer or should she upgrade the hard drive
first?
> The computer is running Windows 95. No Compaq software.
> I cannot find the processor info.

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