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Optibay on 2011 Macbook
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It's the same drive, so it should work. iFixit has a teardown of the new 2011 revision; try comparing the ripped out SuperDrive in the picture(s) with yours to make sure.
Yeah I'll give it a shot. I had purchased an i7 2.8Ghz a month ago with an Optibay, 120GB SSD and 8GB 1066 upgraded memory. I'm hoping I can swap the memory and optibay in from the i7 I am returning to the new 15"
Should have the machine in a few days. I'll update this thread if no one else has by then.
Did the switch this morning, fits fine. There is one new cable over the superdrive but it does not impact the install.
Did it last night. A bit tougher than before only because the the speaker area was kind if tight instead of being able to move all the way out. The black speaker thing is also a little flatter or something. Anyway my caddy was ghetto in the first place and I had to shave off some black plastic to fit it again. Anyway it's the same size, easy. lol didn't mean to make that confusing I'll post pictures here soon.
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attachment photo 3 shows in red approximately the screws or cables that need to be removed. The green square is what I meant that seemed to be "bigger" or thicker. Shouldn't be a problem though. Good luck, sorry for the craptastic pictures, did it in low light lol.
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attachment photo 3 shows in red approximately the screws or cables that need to be removed. The green square is what I meant that seemed to be "bigger" or thicker. Shouldn't be a problem though. Good luck, sorry for the craptastic pictures, did it in low light lol.
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DVD drive works, DVD Player does not
Turns out the software I had from Optibay to enable DVD Player to work with external DVD is for version 5.3 and the Player is version 5.4 I sent inquiry to MCE Technologies on updated software. Anyone tested DVD Player running external?
Turns out the software I had from Optibay to enable DVD Player to work with external DVD is for version 5.3 and the Player is version 5.4 I sent inquiry to MCE Technologies on updated software. Anyone tested DVD Player running external?