This can easily be done by you! There are just four screws that hold the drive to the bay, 2 on each side. Most of the drives are Matshita, and can be picked off of eBay for cheap, you could even get a CD/RW or a DVD/R-CD/RW! Once you get the new drive, it should take you no longer than 5 minutes to pull out the old drive and swap it
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>Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:53:40 -0700
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>I am sad to say that it looks like my beloved Pismo's CD drive is no
>longer working. In trying to load software (which opens fine on my
>newer G4 laptop), the CD keeps spinning and stopping and getting
>nowhere. After repeated tries, I got the CD to appear on the
>desktop, but that's about it!
>
>I am seeking recommendations for a replacement. I would like it to
>be able to go into my existing expansion bay. Are there companies
>that will let you send the bay in and they will install it, or is
>this something I could do myself? I've installed memory, and a new
>processor on a G3 desktop, but that's about it. I don't want to
>spend too much money as this is an older computer.
>
>Thanks for any advice and/or tips!
>
>Kate
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