[Ti] Source for Matschita CW-8121 or CW-8122?

[David Grieve]

I bought a bare combo drive from Other World Computing to replace the 
original CD/DVD player. About $250 US. Installed it myself in  TiPB 500. 
Works great, burns like a champ. Not hard but you need to go very slowly 
and carefully.  The drive is not bolted in at all, held in by 
compression of the bottom plate.  OWC didn't pack the drive very well 
and the  frame got a bit bent but they have very good instructions on 
their web site and I was able to make it work. If you want more info 
contact me off list  I now have a spare CD/DVD drive if anyone needs one..  
Dave G

Christian Leue wrote:

>
> Hi Tifosi!
>
> The combo-drive in my brother's DVI 667 TiBook failed, and Apple says 
> it was user-induced by inserting a foreign object. Apple's estimate 
> for the repair is a hard-to-swallow 800,- Euros.
>
> Does anyone in this group have experience with buying an OEM Matshita 
> CW-8121 or CW-8122 drive and installing it in their TiBook? And can 
> you recommend a supplier in the US or Europe?
>
> Thanks,
> Christian
>
>