[G4] Dual Layer DVD Unit

[Anthony Kluck]

Boy, am I glad I finally ran across this discussion list for all the 
assistance and insight you folks share.
Again, thanks.
Anthony

On May 29, 2005, at 8:27 AM, James Asherman wrote:

>
> On May 29, 2005, at 3:38 AM, Kunga wrote:
>
>> And it is extremely easy to do. Most important thing to remember to 
>> do is REMOVE the faceplate of the drawer before you install it. You 
>> do this by plugging in the power cable to the drive, after you've 
>> removed the old drive, turning on your Mac and pressing the eject 
>> button so the drawer slides out. Then gently but firmly slide the 
>> faceplate off the front of the drawer. That is the most important and 
>> difficult part of the installation. It will pop off. Do not install 
>> the drive with the face plate on it. You have got to get that puppy 
>> off or the drawer will JAM and perhaps even BREAK the drawer 
>> mechanism if you don't get that faceplate off. Once the drawer is 
>> open you can shut down the Mac again.
>>
>> k
>>
>
> K,
>  Thanks for all the great info.
> Replacing your optical drive is not very hard.
> You can cut a finger on the sheet metal though .
> I think the only tool required is a philips head svrewdriver.
>  But I'm pretty sure that you should take off the faceplate earlier.
>   when the drive is still in your hands.
> Do the paperclip trick to open the drawer and then turn it upside down
> On the bottom of the faceplate should be some kind of tabs.
>  Loosen those and it will just pop off.
> Save the faceplate in case you upgrade again later.
> I sold my 103 on ebay.
> Jim
>
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