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PB G4 400 DVD/CD-ROM Failure - Cost of Replacement ?
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GK
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Oct 6, 2002, 04:13 PM
 
The DVD drive in my orig. PBG4 400 Mhz seems to be dying. Each time I put a CD or DVD into the drive, it immediately spits it our again. After >10 tries, the drive accepted a CD, but could not read it. There was just a clicking noise, and the CD didn't mount. I guess I'll have to replace my drive.

Does anybody know how much it costs to have the drive replaced and whether there are any online resellers that sell replacement drives ?

Any help highly appreciated.

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bighead
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Oct 6, 2002, 07:15 PM
 
Maybe you could spring for MCE's Combo Drive replacement for all the TiBooks, including yours. It is $329 with the exchange of a drive. It doesn't say that the drive has to be working to count for an exchange, so maybe you can get it for that price. Check it out at http://www.powerbook1.com
     
seanyepez
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Oct 6, 2002, 08:20 PM
 
Replace it with a new Panasonic OEM DVD-ROM drive or the new Panasonic DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive. You can find both on eBay or www.pricewatch.com. If you're willing to take apart you drive and replace the mechanism, you'll save yourself a lot of money. In fact, I think you should email Victor Marks at [email protected] and I'm sure he'd do the repair for a very reasonable price. He did an LCD replacement on my PowerBook for about $150. The comparable Apple repair would have been over $800.
     
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Apr 18, 2003, 06:36 PM
 
My drive just died. Has anyone tried these drives and can say they work?
     
   
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