[iBook] Success replacing DVD/CDRW in dual USB iBook

[Eric Richardson]

>At 11:49 PM -0700 6/25/05, David Linker wrote:
>>Dear listers,
>>
>>I just replaced the Toshiba DVD/CDRW in my 600 MHz dual USB iBook.
>>
>>The original drive stopped working two weeks ago, in my iBook which 
>>I have had since October 2001. I called Apple and it was going to 
>>cost ~$300 to fix. I found that I could buy a replacement drive for 
>>$112. It would be an exact replacement, so that I could use the 
>>same door bezel.
>>
>>I had read some accounts of doing this on the web, but most said 
>>that this was hard and recommended against it. I decided to try 
>>anyway, using the accounts that I found on the web.
>>
>>I had a handicap. I had my two kids (4 and 8) watching, and 
>>sometimes bumping the table and containers I had the screws in.
>
>Two words:  Duct tape

This is an old post, but I just have to know: were you recommending 
the duct tape to keep the computer together, the screws in place or 
to keep the kids quiet?

Eric