Swapping out a DVD-ROM drive


I bought a replacement drive from Wegener Media for $79; 90 clams with shipping. My youngest son used to shove everything inside it. It was practically his piggy bank. I've opened the iMac case a number of times so the swap wasn't too difficult.

When I rebooted, I got the "?" folder icon, meaning it couldn't find a bootable system folder. WTF? I had my laptop to go surfing with and discovered that since the replacement drive's master/slave settings couldn't be changed, I needed to change the jumper setting on the hard drive. After I did that, I was able to boot, although it started up off a different partition. I set that back to normal, but the DVD-ROM drive didn't want to accept discs. The motor tried to drag a disc in, but would get stopped about half way. I called up Wegener, and the service rep said that sometimes a magnet gets out of whack during shipping. So, I shipped it back via DHL, and am waiting for a replacement.

Posted: Tue - August 2, 2005 at 12:53 PM      

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