any ideas on how i could do this for cheaper? the drives could be bought for $4**. it seems ridiculously expensive to pay 400 for a mount/adapter. anyone else ever try to do this? any ideas? what would i need to get to do this myself?
Check the thread I posted earlier. There're various design of logicboard to optical drive adapter used in Mac laptops. But the one on optical drive seems to be standard.
Apple have told me that even the optical drive cables on very similar PowerBooks are sometimes different. Normally I would assume they are being overcautious but my tests agreed with them.
I actually have some optibays now. I'll take a look at the board when I get a sec, see if there is any name on it.