[P1] Repeat: [P1] CD won't close

[Michael Adams]

Eric B. Richardson wrote:

> I sent this on Sunday morning, but have seen no reply to it yet. I 
> made some minor clarifications to the original message.
>
> I have a snow 500 iBook, and a minor bump jolted the CD drive open and 
> now it won't stay closed. If I hold it closed the CD mechanism will 
> work just fine.
>
> I have AppleCare for it, but Apple refuses to fix it under Apple Care. 
> I was last told they want $430 to replace a CD-ROM on a computer that 
> I only paid $900 for, not counting the $200 I spent for the AppleCare. 
> I can replace it with a CD-RW for less than half that, almost a third, 
> less than $200. Seems like there is probably a 50 cent piece of 
> plastic that misaligned or broke.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions before I send it for replacement?
>
> Meanwhile one of the little rubber feet ran away. I remember this 
> discussion sometime ago about how to get replacements. Can anyone 
> refresh my memory? 


I've had a quick look on my CD-RW drive, which is probably different to 
your CD drive, but there seems to be a catch on the bottom of the drive, 
towards the back of the iBook and near the bezel of the drive (ie, top 
right corner when looking from above). On my drive this pivots back 
towards the center of the drive, so I suspect when you close the drive 
it clicks around something to keep the drive closed.

You could try looking for something similar on the bottom of your cd 
drive... see if it's stuck for a start. Or if it doesn't spring back. 
Look for obvious problems. Other than that I can't help.

--Michael.