Have a MacBook Pro 13" (mid-2010) that has a damaged SuperDrive.
Have another MacBook Pro 15" mid-2009) where someone spilled coke on it and fried the Logic & Keyboard assemblies Board (too expensive to repair thus the 13" replacement.
Anyway was wondering if anyone out there knows if the SuperDrive in the 15" is compatable with my 13"?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Look on ifixit for the illustrated teardown guides for each.
The drive is likely to be compatible, but if it is stuck into a goofy-shaped aluminum tray that is nowhere near the same shape as the other one, that may not help you.
Look on ifixit for the illustrated teardown guides for each.
The drive is likely to be compatible, but if it is stuck into a goofy-shaped aluminum tray that is nowhere near the same shape as the other one, that may not help you.
Thanks for the look up advice. Unfortunately the drive looks to be different. Oh well.
All notebook dvd drives are basically the same. Whether a slot load or tray load. The physical dimensions, except for height, are exactly the same. As for the drives used in the unibody mac notebooks they should be completely interchangeable.
What are you seeing as a difference between the 2 drives?
Looking at the compatibility via iFixit.com. Reason for checking here was to avoid tearing my system apart and finding it doesn't work. Rarely use the drive but would be nice to have on occasion. Based on what you are saying do you think it is worth a go?
Yes I do. There are no real changes to the size of the case between the 2009 and 2010 models (or even the models available today) so the space the drive fit into is the same. As I stated all notebook dvd drives are the same dimensions. That is except for the heigth and since there was no changes to the thickness of those 2 models the drive heigth will be the same. Yes Apple might of used a different model number superdrive between the 2 years but that is because the one used in the 2009 was discontinued and a newer model released and used in the 2010 model. All these drive are made by Matshita which I think is part of panasonic or the other way around.
Sounds good. Will give it a go and let you know. Thanks /b
In my experience, the manufacturer's drive model used inside may indeed be the same. But then there is the mount, and that is why I suggested you look at the shape of the assembled module on ifixit.
I have found that these drives may be partially enclosed by lightweight aluminum carriers. These may be attached by glue or double-stick foam tape or other diabolical attachment methods that are not simple to remove. In removing these in the past, all I ended up with after a lot of work was a pile of bent aluminum mountings and a bent and unusable drive. It was an exercise in futility.
Because of this potential difficulty, I do not recommend re-purposing the drive from one model into another.
But sites like ifixit and many others will sell you a used drive, with a modest warranty, with exactly the mounting frame you need, for not a lot of money. That is the approach I would recommend.
So you suggest not even bothering comparing the 2 drives to see if size and mounting points are the same?
Look on ifixit for the illustrated teardown guides for each.
The drive is likely to be compatible, but if it is stuck into a goofy-shaped aluminum tray that is nowhere near the same shape as the other one, that may not help you.
That is what I intended to suggest above. I am sorry if I somehow did not make my message clear.
Thanks to both of you. Just to let you know did the swap and outside of changing a over a couple of the mounting brackets, worked like a champ. Drive back online with the 13" again.
SuperDrive (optical drive) Compatibility
