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G5 DVD Burner Replacement
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<blockquote data-quote="hughvane" data-source="post: 993101" data-attributes="member: 56231"><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1305" target="_blank">Inside your Power Mac G5</a> and <a href="https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetWarranty.do" target="_blank">https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetWarranty.do</a></p><p>I seem to remember reading a thread on another forum about how tricky it can be to get the optical drive out, and then a replacement back in. It's pretty tight in there, and there are buffer pads to watch out for, and so on. chscag's suggestion of an external firewire drive enclosure might become more appealing once you're taken a look.</p><p></p><p>I *think* you'll find, as Nick points out, that there is an ATA (IDAE) connector on the end of a flat ribbon cable plugged into the back of the optical drive. Beside it will be a power supply plug (5v). You need to remove both of those before trying to get the old drive out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hughvane, post: 993101, member: 56231"] [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1305]Inside your Power Mac G5[/url] and [url]https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetWarranty.do[/url] I seem to remember reading a thread on another forum about how tricky it can be to get the optical drive out, and then a replacement back in. It's pretty tight in there, and there are buffer pads to watch out for, and so on. chscag's suggestion of an external firewire drive enclosure might become more appealing once you're taken a look. I *think* you'll find, as Nick points out, that there is an ATA (IDAE) connector on the end of a flat ribbon cable plugged into the back of the optical drive. Beside it will be a power supply plug (5v). You need to remove both of those before trying to get the old drive out. [/QUOTE]
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