[Ti] Replacing CD drive in TI 500

[David DelMonte]

I use ifixit.com. The last pages show screw pictures and locations.I  
print out the instructions. As I take out each screw or set of  
screws, I tape them over the pictures. Then when I reassemble, I can  
be sure I'm using the right screws in the right place. As Lisbeth  
says, look and look again, and take your time. Works great.

David

ps. The early Ti books are far easier to work on than the newer  
AlPBs. I will wait till ifixit comes up with diagrams of the macbooks  
before I buy one. If i cannot work on it, I wont buy it.


On 06 Ιουλ 2006, at 11:16 ΠΜ, Lisbeth Zachs wrote:

6 jul 2006 kl. 00.32 skrev Murray Kastner:
> Replace a bum CD drive.
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Shouldn't look any different than my Ti 400, which I swapped with no  
problem. As usual when we amateurs doing things, time and carefulness  
is important.

Open
Look and look again
Make notes of where each screw and rubber or plastic holdings sits.  
Place it on a sheet of paper with a rough drawing so that you put it  
back together exactly the same. Cant remember if the screws on the CD  
had any different length but just in case, allways the same screw in  
the same hole and you be perfectly alright doing it yourself.

The only thing I heard anybody having problem with (apart from what  
you already been told) is to make certain that the replacement ends  
up correctly with the slit in the front Ti, so that the CDs can get  
out again without getting cought by some tiny piece of the frame.  
Thats why I emphazised that you be careful with the rubber holdings  
(Sorry I don't know any english for that tecnical stuff. Grommets  
come to mind but not certain. :-))

Go right ahead, take your time and be pleased with yourself afterwards.

Lisbeth in Gothenburg
<http://homepage.mac.com/holisticum/> updat 050215
<http://www.got-a-mac.org> medlemssida för Got-a-Mac (Mug in  
Gothenburg)

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