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

[Tim Foran]

Out of curiosity, when you say the original drive stopped working, can you give more detail?
My CD drive still works relatively fine, but the DVD drive plays movies for just over an hour and then crashes (computer freezes). I've tried cleaning everything but no luck. Is it past the point of no return?

TIm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Richardson" <lbyron at comcast.net>
To: "A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers." <ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
Subject: Re: [iBook] Success replacing DVD/CDRW in dual USB iBook
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 15:29:20 +0900

> 
> > 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
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