[andretan]

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Apple ends limited iBook optical drive upgrades

Apple is ending a limited time offer that gave customers who own iBooks with a combo optical drive the opportunity to upgrade their optical drive performance by swapping out their existing failed optical drive for a faster performing optical drive, according to AppleInsider. "Only like-for-like combo optical drives will now be accepted by Apple for exchanges," the company said in a message to relevant parties in the US, Canada, Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Apple began the optical drive enhancement program in January, after discovering that a batch of faulty optical drives had found their way into a mix of iBook configurations. The discontinuation of the program is effective immediately.

Huh? What upgrade program was this? I have a iBook 700 that I got in end-2002 and it only burns stuff at 8X. Can't select the 16X option.

Anyone?

[MARINEOSX]

well if you want to you can always do it your self if you have to i know what you meen the faster the better if you look at the hard drive threads and the superdrive thread there are some links to disassembly pictures with instructions and a super drive upgrade that is made for the ibook also the have combo drives as well if you look they will atleast be faster.

[discotronic]

I hadn't heard anything about that either. It must have been buried deep on Apple's website. Does anyone know what iBooks where eligible for the fix?

[Forte]

Does anyone know what iBooks where eligible for the fix?

Seconded. Nobody seems to mention which iBooks are affected. O_o;;

[MARINEOSX]

this is the link to apples support section that tells what ibooks are eligible.

http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/faq/

[andretan]

Originally posted by MARINEOSX:
this is the link to apples support section that tells what ibooks are eligible.

http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/faq/

What has the logic board replacement program have got to do with this?

[MARINEOSX]

oops! I realy have no idea?????? LMAO i had not slept for like 36 hours sorry. LMAO. well i will see if i can find the corect one.

[MARINEOSX]

i just got off the phone with apple care and they said that affective the 22nd of october this service has ebded they gave me a sheet number 114365 but the artical has been removed sorry gents.

[swichd]

IDK, but my iBook was covered. They replaced it when I sent it in for the logic board repair, but it was dead anyway.

[MARINEOSX]

well it would have only ended 6 days ago so that is probably why sorry that that is the answer that they gave me.