How long to replace MacBook combo drive?

[Rhythmic]

My combo drive is acting up. It seems to get stuck and produce a read error on 90 per cent of discs I put in it. It stops about 15 - 20 minutes into watching a DVD and cannot proceed further once it does this.

That said, how long do apple techs normally take to replace a combo drive? Also, am I better off going to the Apple store, or just sending it off to Apple to fix?

My MacBook is under warranty.

 

[eman]

Send it to Apple and expect it to be gone for about a week. Call Apple and they will ship you a shipping container with instructions on how to ship it to them.