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Dead tray-loading cd-rom drive on imac

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Name: Wells
Date: August 3, 2002 at 20:00:11 Pacific
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HELP! I've tried EVERYTHING I could
think of to get my tray-loading CD-ROM
drive to work. It just quit working one day
and I'm not sure what to do now. Is there
a dealer that sells used parts for iMacs?
Or should I buy an external CD-ROM
drive? Any advice would be helpful!
Thanks!



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Name: the pickle
Date: August 3, 2002 at 23:19:42 Pacific
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Replace the internal, because if you don't, you'll lose your ability to boot from the CD-ROM drive.

MCE sells replacement drives that also burn CDs, but they're $200, which is probably close to the value of the iMac itself. Of course, it's far cheaper than getting it fixed at a service provider, where it will be more like $300 and you won't have CD-R or CD-RW capability.

You might be able to get one on eBay if you're patient, and there have been some people who have fitted laptop-style CD-ROM drives in theirs as replacements. I think I might have seen a discussion about that on Applefritter recently.

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