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Difference between optical drives in iFixit-Store?
A1286 2.66GHz 15" Unibody MacBook Pro (MB985LL-A)
Hi there,
my optical drive died over the last months - after reading discussions on several forums about cleaning the lens, I tried that, but now it rejects every disc (regardless whether CD-ROM or DVD) so I'm going to exchange it.
As it seems that the original Matshita UJ-868 isn't available anymore, I try to get a replacement here. Within the iFixit store, I found two drives which seem to fit:
Unibody 8x SATA SuperDrive (Post-Early 2009)
and
MacBook Pro 15" Unibody (Mid 2009 to Mid 2012) 8x SATA...
both warning that they have different screw holes and/or a different connector.
Now the question: Are they both suitable for above-mentioned MacBook Pro?
Best regards & TIA from Germany,
Daniel
Edited by: Daniel Manocchio ( ) , mayer ( )
MacBook Pro 15" Unibody (Mid 2009 to Mid 2012) 8x...
DVD-RW/CD-RW internal drive / 8x DVD read, 24x CD read, 8x DVD-R write, 4x DVD-RW write, 24x CD-R write,... — 1 available at 199.95 each.
Unibody 8x SATA SuperDrive (Post-Early 2009)
DVD-RW/CD-RW internal drive / 8x DVD read, 24x CD read, 8x DVD-R write, 4x DVD-RW write, 24x CD-R write,... — 10 available at 109.95 each.
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mayer
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If I am correct, this is your machine:
Apple MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.66 15" Mid-2010 Specs
Identifiers: Mid-2010 15" - MC373LL/A - MacBookPro6,2 - A1286 - 2353*
It's still under warranty, why not let Apple fix it for free?
You can contact them here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
Thanks for your answer. The computer is actually a 1,66 GHz Core2Duo MacBook Pro 5,3 from Mid-2009 and not Mid-2010. While entering that question, I already noticed that iFixit's model codes seem to be somewhat inconsistent... As the computer is nearly 2 years old, there's of course no warranty left and despite the fact that there's a huge number of drives dying, I guess Apple won't set up an extended guarantee programm. :-(
This one? Apple MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.66 15" (SD) Specs Identifiers: Mid-2009 15" - MB985LL/A - MacBookPro5,3 - A1286 - 2325*
Go with a Apple part number 661-5147. Here's a bunch of them: http://www.google.com/search?client=safa...
