You already said that. :)
Yep, it is possible it is plain broke. The guy I bought it from said
it stopped working, well when he dropped a gallon paint can on top of
that corner (with the screen open). Yeah, I pictured a totally
crushed corner too. But, no serious damage to the palm rest although
it did impact. Though not too bad, it is already repaired with a
little glue. There was no cd in the drive and I have learned that
this drive uses the same lens for both cd and dvd, so that would
indicate the cd components went bad. But I still wonder if the drive
failure had something to do with installation of some software, but
no telling at this point. There were clearly some issues with
10.3.9. I still am going to try and get this one working but will be
picking up a superdrive either way.
Thnx,
Dave
David Rodriguez on 12/20/05 5:06 PM wrote:
> I purchased a used G4 800 DVI Powerbook this last weekend.
> Everything runs fine and its in great shape, except the Combo drive.
> It was damaged by prior owner. DVD still works but no cd performance
> at all.
>
> So wondering about compatibility of Superdrives. Specifically, does
> anybody know if a Superdrive from an Imac G5 would fit? If it's just
> a matter of exchanging exterior drive mounting hardware, not a
> problem. If there are physical orientation or size differences of
> the drive itself, then that would be an issue. Obviously they are
> both slot loading.
>
It's possible the drive just plain broke. I have a 1GHz 15"
Aluminum and the
Combo drive crapped out on me over a year ago, with the exact same
symptoms
as yours (DVD reads data and played movies, CD didn't read or
write). Apple
replaced it under warranty for me.
You can add a SuperDrive to yours without any new hardware
required. I've
purchased and installed them for customers and they work nicely.
Here's a
link to OWC. They have a good selection available:
<http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optical-drives/superdrives/powerbook/>
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