Comments on: Mac Issues, Part 2: Installing a New Optical Drive in a G4 PowerMac

By: Mac Issues, Part 1: Upgrading to Leopard After Drive Failures at Seventhfury Studios Blog

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:17:24 +0000

[...] how did I get my optical drive back up and running in my G4 PowerMac? Read Mac Issues, Part 2: Installing a New Optical Drive in a G4 PowerMac. [...]

By: Mac Issues, Part 3: Mail Issues After Upgrading to Leopard from Tiger at Seventhfury Studios Blog

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:16:00 +0000

[...] This is a continuation of the Mac Issues series of posts, you can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. [...]

By: seventhfury

seventhfury — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:07:24 +0000

Shut your lip! Your tray lip.

By: Brian Corcoran

Brian Corcoran — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:37:43 +0000

By: seventhfury

seventhfury — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:11:27 +0000

True! The problem I was having was getting the lip out far enough so that I could slide it off, because it was surrounded by the plastic frame on the front of the drive. Wasn’t sure how to power that baby up to get the tray to come out, so I did some tearing.

By: Steven Faulhaber

Steven Faulhaber — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:06:23 +0000

Actually, the dainty way isn’t that hard. The lip on most optical drives can usually just be slid up and off. Glad you’re up and running again though.