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Inherited sick ibook
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Name: Christo
Date: April 12, 2002 at 15:53:56 Pacific
Subject: Inherited sick ibook
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Comment: O.k. I have regretfully acquired a graphite powerbook G3 466 ibook with a sick DVD/cd rom drive from my dead brother. I would much prefer my brother over the powerbook, although the situation being as it is...I must fix the drive. Not under warranty, the people have told me it will cost five hundred dollars to get a new Apple drive installed. My brother would roll over in his grave, he would never. My question, is there an apple drive that I could buy somewhere and install myself for less than this, alot less? For this price I'd rather just install from my desktop through a network or other solution.
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Response Number 1
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Name: the pickle
Date: April 12, 2002 at 20:36:32 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Unfortunately, there's not really anything you can do. Best bet is to look on eBay for one with a smashed screen or something and hope you can pick it up cheap. p
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Response Number 2
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Name: Craig
Date: April 12, 2002 at 21:11:55 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Christo,
Go to this web sit, call the company & see if they can sell you one for cheaper. They sell decent refurbed parts for all computers. http://www.preowned.com/
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Response Number 3
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Name: fieraci
Date: April 13, 2002 at 07:05:41 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)preowned.com seemed like an
interesting resource upon browsing the
home page. But then you try to view thier
parts offerings and are prompted to call
thier SALES DEPT on the PHONE to
create an ACCOUNT based on products,
prices, and terms you have not and
cannot see until you do.
Why they don't allow you to request a
user/password ONLINE?: Dunno.
Why they require one to browse what they
SELL and the terms of sale?: Dunno.
Why I have reservations about this?: I'm
no jet propulsion engineer, but...............
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Response Number 4
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Name: Slim Vision
Date: April 13, 2002 at 08:05:00 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)If you can remove the 'sick' dvd drive, then
do so, and have a look at it to see what is
wrong, if you allready know what is wrong
tell me. If not, do the above.
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Response Number 5
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Name: the pickle
Date: April 13, 2002 at 08:57:48 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Another thing I didn't mention earlier... Working in any model of iBook is an absolute nightmare. Apple doesn't let their AASPs work on them (in most cases) for a *very* good reason. Unless you're totally comfortable with having about 100 tiny screws and knowing *exactly* where to put them all back, have a professional fix this. p
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