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!
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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:
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Here’s a side view of what the Sun Service Manual for the Sun Ultra 60 calls the ‘Removable Media Assembly’, or RMA:
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Here’s the front view before removing the face plate:
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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:
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… and then the whole RMA section slides out:
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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:
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RMA pushed back into place and front plate re-attached. Done!
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