The CD-ROM drive in the Sun Ultra 60 that I recently picked up from ebay lasted long enough to get an initial install of Solaris 10 installed, and then the tray refused to stay closed. I picked up a replacement used DVD drive from www.anysystem.com
It came with free plastic ducks. Yay!
One thing I’ve noticed is that used retro computer gear is often shipped with far more care and with better packing than new gear – good job on the packing anysystem.com:
Here’s a side view of what the Sun Service Manual for the Sun Ultra 60 calls the ‘Removable Media Assembly’, or RMA:
Here’s the front view before removing the face plate:
The front plate is removed by squeezing the left and right sides then it pops off. Remove the screws seen here on the front left and right:
… and then the whole RMA section slides out:
Undo the 2 screws on the left and right of the CD-ROM drive, remove the cables at the back and then slide it out of the assembly. Here’s the CD drive out, and the new DVD drive inserted:
RMA pushed back into place and front plate re-attached. Done!
