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Think a First Gen Intel Imac would run with the Superdrive removed?

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darbyclash34

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I know this sounds like an insane question, but do you think it would work? Tried a replacement for a friend, and it turned out that a warped case is what was making his discs never eject. We're going to send back this drive, but can we leave the bay where the drive goes just empty? Thanks!

Shawn
 
Yeah itll work fine, probably be wise to never press the eject key though whilst there no drive, might make it freak out a bit 😛
 
Well, I did it, and now the power light comes on and stays on, but the machine doesn't boot, the screen just stays black. any suggestions?

shawn
 
darbyclash34 said:
did you by chance leave the connector attachment board on there?
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This might be impossible, but correct me if I am wrong. Instead of a optical drive in the iMac's optical bay, it is possible to put a second hard drive in there instead. I heard of this being possible a couple times. Then you could get an external Firewire optical drive.
 
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