slot loading drives

gratefuldavisgratefuldavis
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I currently own an iMac 350 with a dead slot-loading cd-rom drive. Is it possible to replace this drive with a slot-loading cdrw drive? If so, does anyone know of a site I can go to to get one?

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    serranoserrano Posts: 1,806member
    you can replace it with whatever drive you feel like, it should accept just about anything



    you could try macsales.com for a listing of possible drives.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    another place you might want to look is xlr8youmac.com



    those guys have put almost every kind of drive in to almost any kind of mac. they should have a comprehensive list of possible drives, what kinds of problems if any were encountered etc. that site rules. i always check there before buying non-standard hardware for my mac.
  • Reply 3 of 6
    dhagan4755dhagan4755 Posts: 2,152member
    Did you trying zapping the PRAM? Sometimes that works. Just a suggestion.
  • Reply 4 of 6
    mac's girlmac's girl Posts: 556member
    [quote]Originally posted by Dave Hagan:

    <strong>Did you trying zapping the PRAM? Sometimes that works. Just a suggestion.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    hi Dave! do you work for Apple by any chance? that's usually what they say to me everytime i call them about a problem. LOL.



  • Reply 5 of 6
    dhagan4755dhagan4755 Posts: 2,152member
    LOL, No I don't work for Apple. There's always hope though



    Seriously speaking, I know of two people that for some reason couldn't get their CD-ROM drive to work, and after hours of frustration and reinstalling, it turned out that "zapping the PRAM" solved the problem.



    [ 03-15-2002: Message edited by: Dave Hagan ]</p>
  • Reply 6 of 6
    gratefuldavisgratefuldavis Posts: 7member
    I have tried zapping the pram numerous times and it hasn't helped. The drive just spins and makes a chugging sound but won't read anything. I figured it would be a good time to upgrade to cdrw anyway. The reason why I ask about the new drive is because I called a place in california that sells them online and the guy told me that it would be impossible to put a cdrw drive in my computer because it wasn't originally shipped with one. I hate it when people don't know what they are talking about when they give advice!
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