druddle

Hello

My mate has an iMac, and the CD-RW drive is knackered (wont read or write). Does anyone know somewhere in the Windsor/Maidenhead/Bracknell area (or somewhere close) that does repairs that wont charge the earth to replace it ?

Dave

RichB

I just bought a LG external USB2.0 cdrw/dvdrw/dvd ram drive from Dabs for £40 + vat. Probably cheaper than repairing......

Macs still cost a wedge to repair sadly

AllanB

I'm inclined to agree, labour rates of £45 per hour at cheapest so go external unless you hvae to.

If you do get stuck let me know and I can give you number of our Apple repair people who'll collect and drop off once done but turn around will depand on parts.


AllanB

rich101

Or rip it apart and fix it yourself -

www.xlr8yourmac.com

Infinitely more fun, I should know, 1 x MacMini, 1 x eMac and a 17" FP iMac later.

And yes before the smart comments start they are all still working and enjoying their extended lives . . . .

r

druddle

Have got the manual to do it myself from the apple.com website, so does anyone know any good sites for parts ? Looked on Google and there dont seem to be that many.

Allan - do you know of any seeing as tho you are in the business of Macs ?

Dave

AllanB

Its virtually impossible to legally by new parts as they are only avialable to an Apple authorised repoar agent.

Tomorrow I'll post up the number for MasterCare who should be able to help you


Thanks


AllanB

rich101

As per my original post

Xlr8mac.com lists many compatible parts along with the respective hardware users have had success with.

I cannot remember the exact build no. of Tiger but there is no longer any issue with using a recent Pioneer 109 DVD-RW drive natively within iTunes or iMovie/iDVD etc....

So to confirm a £25 OEM pioneer drive will work quite happily in a mac using Tiger 10.4.5 ! Something I was very happy about as my original Apple superdrive had died after 12 months.

rich

AllanB

Guys try MasterCare on 0870 6000514 they should be able to sort you out.



AllanB