Thanks for the info on MacResQ. I had checked them out earlier. All I
want is a new cd/cdr/dvd drive. The drive is available for $89.
Paying MacResQ and additional $229 is out of the question. I
understand there are a zillion screws and it is a tedious time
consuming project but I would like to try it myself. So, I am back to
my original query. If you have done this surgery perhaps you have some
tips. If not I will post my experience in about a week.
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From: Barton Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: replacing optical drive in G4 iBook?
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:07:44 -0400
Avail yourself of the best deal in the world for replacing SuperDrives
(and lots of other stuff: HDs, LCDs, etc.). Go to PowerBookResQ (part
of MacResQ):
http://www.powerbookresq.com/
and check out this, and many other, deals:
PowerBookResQ 8x Dual-Layer SuperDrive 24 Hour Nationwide Full Service
Upgrade for All G4 PowerBooks and G4 iBooks $289.00
When my SuperDrive went Tango Uniform, I called everyone from Apple's
friendly tech-support (hello, Bangalore!), to our local friendly
AppleStore (replace a WHAT, dewd?), to my friendly local Apple VAR (is
that made by Macintosh? I think I've got some info buried here
somewhere...). Apple Tech HQ in Bangalore quoted me $800.00 WITHOUT the
drive. The saggers at the AppleStore quoted me $800.00 WITH the drive,
and the Apple VAR is still digging through a midden of Sinclair ZX-80s,
286s, and disco lights.
Somebody hipped me to PowerBookResQ (and NO, I'm not an employee,
investor, creditor, or groupie -- well *maybe* a groupie -- for
MacResQ), and I called them up. You can just do it online, but I had
questions... MANY questions. They told me it was a good idea to back up
any critical data, just in case, and I did. The very next day FedUp
delivered an extremely sturdy pizza box with lots of customizable foam
cutouts in it. I asked Mr. FedUp to tally a mo, popped my PBG4 in and
off he went (did I mention that this is all pre-paid shipping, included
in the price?). The next day I suffered through a whole day in the shop
without iTunes or the net, but the next morning the pizza box came back
with my PBG4, brand new Matsushita SuperDrive, and not a single piece
of data missing. This was last September, so I wasn't able to take
advantage of the dual-layer SD they're offering now, and it was
actually a little more expensive -- $320 or thereabouts -- back then.
Not a single hiccup since, and I (and YOU) get to keep the box, which
is unbelievably robust.
Considering the price of an Apple-firmware Dual Layer SuperDrive, this
is the no-brainer of the century.
Bart Brown
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