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Replace Optical Drive in 12"
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midwinter
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Apr 1, 2005, 04:22 PM
 
Hi all.

My 12" PB combo drive seems to have died. Has anyone replaced one of these? I see I can get the part for about $150 from powerbookresq, but I was wondering just how involved the process is. I'm pretty comfortable taking things apart.

Putting them back together, that's a different story....
     
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Apr 2, 2005, 12:35 AM
 
Removing the optical drive requires almost a complete take apart of the machine: keyboard, top cover, hard drive, DCDC board, and logic board. Check out http://www.pbfixit.com for the guides.

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