iBook (12-inch, Double Layer SD)

[XaPHER]

About 2 years ago I got an iBook (the last 12" G4 model produced) for $32 USD w/ free shipping. Since the machine was already opened up to add RAM and an SSD, I also tested to see if the portable DLSD I got from my mom's dead iMac G5 would fit in place of the combo drive -- it did. The sad part is, I can't even use it. The plastic optical drive bezel is so bent, once I insert a disc, there's so much resistance it never comes out. That's it, I'm done parodying powerbooks. It's not even funny

 

[AphoticD]

About 2 years ago I got an iBook (the last 12" G4 model produced) for $32 USD w/ free shipping. Since the machine was already opened up to add RAM and an SSD, I also tested to see if the portable DLSD I got from my mom's dead iMac G5 would fit in place of the combo drive -- it did. The sad part is, I can't even use it. The plastic optical drive bezel is so bent, once I insert a disc, there's so much resistance it never comes out. That's it, I'm done parodying powerbooks. It's not even funny

I've been there man. You push a disc into the slot loading drive thinking "Hmm... that seems a little tight" and then go to eject and there's no way it's coming back out...

Back in '04, I worked in retail sales for an Apple reseller and would book many customer's iBooks in through to the service department with a little note like "Stuck disc, pls remove". and I'd tell the customer something like "No worries. Our service technician will get the disc out, it's no big deal." .... Not realizing that a stuck disc in an iBook requires an almost *COMPLETE* tear down to remove. It's (at least) half an hour of your life you won't ever get back

 

[XaPHER]

I've been there man. You push a disc into the slot loading drive thinking "Hmm... that seems a little tight" and then go to eject and there's no way it's coming back out...

Back in '04, I worked in retail sales for an Apple reseller and would book many customer's iBooks in through to the service department with a little note like "Stuck disc, pls remove". and I'd tell the customer something like "No worries. Our service technician will get the disc out, it's no big deal." .... Not realizing that a stuck disc in an iBook requires an almost *COMPLETE* tear down to remove. It's (at least) half an hour of your life you won't ever get back

The way you explained it made me visualize someone at the emergency with a disc stuck in his stomach or something.. That was intense.