Ibook combo drive into a G4 titanium powerbook 500mhz

[Deanosabby]

Can anyone tell me if the combodrive from my G4 iBook 933mhz machine will fit into my old G4 Titanium power book 500mhz which only has a dvd rom drive in it.
I have just bought a superdrive for the iBook and was hoping to use the combo instead of just tossing it out.
Ta,
Deano.

 

[Tommyboy74]

I don't think so, the powerbook drive is slot loading, the ibook is not

 

[techound1]

I don't think so, the powerbook drive is slot loading, the ibook is not

That is incorrect - the G4 iBook is a slot loading drive (the white G3's were tray-load). You will probably need to swap the ribbon cable from one drive to the other.

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

No it won't work. The Powerbooks have the 12mm? optical drives. The ibooks are the smaller size. Techound is correct that the G3 ibooks are tray-loading while all the G4s were equiped with slot-loading drives.

Don't toss that combo drive, it's worth a few bucks on ebay .

 

[Deanosabby]

I hope the superdrive fits my iBook.
It it a
MAC G4 UJ-825-C CD-RW DVD-RW DVD CD SUPER DRIVE (825CA)
Here is a link to the ebay page,
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=260243175128&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=016

I did google it and it did say they would fit.
If not then back on the bay.
Cheers,
Deano.