[Cube] Faulty optical drive

[Riba]

On Tue,  5 Sep 2006 13:47:07 +0200, haugwarb at nt.ntnu.no said:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been running my old G4 Cube for years without trouble, except that
> the DVD player sometimes gets stucked in the middle of a movie. This
> happens at the same location every time, and the failure has quite
> persistently survived all software upgrades up version 10.4 (which
> rules out any driver problems I believe). Playing the same DVD on a
> PowerBook G4 works fine, so the problem must be due to the CD-drive
> itself. Is there any chance I can get hold of replacement drive or
> maybe a third party drive that will work? I mean without spending
> another $1000?

The best and cheapest solution is to get an external FW enclosure and
put a new dual layer DVD burner inside. I got both for around 100 EUR,
and it is good looking too. That is, if you don't mind the external
solution.