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Failed Hard Drive, Possibly Optical Drive Too, Need Some Help
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<blockquote data-quote="MacNoob18" data-source="post: 790624" data-attributes="member: 82826"><p>SOOOO, tried to boot with SLAX still nothing. Tried to do the power reset thing too where you take the battery out and hold the power button, and then plug it in. Still doesn't want to read the disk. The drive takes the disk, spins it up for a few seconds, makes some clicking noises, then ejects. </p><p> After looking around on ebay I couldn't really find an optical drive for the specific model for less then $120!! SO now the question becomes:</p><p></p><p>Are there any other tricks to get the optical drive to start reading disks again?</p><p></p><p>Are there any good places to find a cheap ($50 or less) replacement optical drive for a MacBook A1181?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacNoob18, post: 790624, member: 82826"] SOOOO, tried to boot with SLAX still nothing. Tried to do the power reset thing too where you take the battery out and hold the power button, and then plug it in. Still doesn't want to read the disk. The drive takes the disk, spins it up for a few seconds, makes some clicking noises, then ejects. After looking around on ebay I couldn't really find an optical drive for the specific model for less then $120!! SO now the question becomes: Are there any other tricks to get the optical drive to start reading disks again? Are there any good places to find a cheap ($50 or less) replacement optical drive for a MacBook A1181? [/QUOTE]
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