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Apple MacBook Superdrive Repair not Replacement

Step 2Open the drive

Open the drive
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The problem seemed to be mechanical...

The drive is held together by 4 screws, 3 are visible and 1 will void the warranty of the drive.

You will also need to remove the wire clip metal strip which is glued on and the drive ribbon cable which is also glued on.

Once all of the screws are removed the top cover of the drive will slide backwards away from the disk slot approximately 4mm and the cover will lift off without any force at all.

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I seem to keep breaking things....