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anyone know why a macbook core 2 duo with a known working CD drive wouldnt recognize the actual CD drive? i also tried an optibay and nothing there as well, so there is obviously a problem somewhere along the line of the connection the CD drive plugs into...is this something that could be fixed? when you have a CD drive or optibay installed, it takes 4-5 minutes to boot up, but when there is nothing installed at all and its left blank, it boots right up like normal. any ideas are welcome, thanks yall!

tried that too! tried combinations of different CD drives, optibays and different cables, same result! whats weird is it powers on the CD drive intermittently, but when its plugged in the computer takes 4-5 minutes to start up, whereas when its not the computer takes 1 minute.

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Replace the optical drive cable, try reseating first: Installing MacBook Core 2 Duo Optical Drive Cable

Here's the part: MacBook Optical Drive Cable

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MacBook Optical Drive Cable

Orange optical drive ribbon cable — 7 available at 19.95 each.

tried that too! tried combinations of different CD drives, optibays and different cables, same result! whats weird is it powers on the CD drive intermittently, but when its plugged in the computer takes 4-5 minutes to start up, whereas when its not the computer takes 1 minute.

Steve,

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