I'm not sure why AppleCare won't fix it...is it because you mentioned the 'minor bump'? Even then, Apple is known for making hard working products...I'd 'climb the ladder' when talking to them and try to find a supervisor who will okay the fix. Pat On Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at 10:16 PM, Eric B. Richardson wrote: >>> 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.