On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 08:32 PM, Hal wrote: > I'm considering some TiBook surgery. Has anyone with a TiBook upgraded > the internal optical drive themselves? Anyone know how hard it is? If > you had 2 identical TiBooks (gigabit ethernet), one with a DVD and the > other with a Combo and you wanted to swap the drives, how hard would it > be? > > Any info is appreciated. > > -Hal > Having just read over the Service Manual entry for the TiBook (GE)'s DVD-ROM, it looks like the optical drive in the TiBook is a very fragile creature. I would only attempt this surgery if you both a) have experience inside the TiBook (my experience ends at tearing down a 13.3" Wallstreet) and b) have the illustrated tear-down guide so you know exactly what to do in what order.
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