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| G4 Cube Laptop Optical Drive Bracket | |
| Posted by: metta on 2020-08-21 00:44:41 Hi Everyone, I'm looking to replace my G4 Cube's optical drive with a laptop-style SuperDrive and before I take a stab at designing one myself, I was hoping somebody out there had an .stl file for the bracket to fit it into the Cube's optical drive area. With cubeowner now defunct, I can no longer access the forum posts discussing this. I've attached a picture showing this bracket which I found on: http://www.atpm.com/12.03/cube.shtml If I can't find one, I'll be sure to post my own version of it for anyone else looking to do the same thing. Thanks in advance! The bracket in question:  | |
| Posted by: metta on 2020-08-21 01:59:56 http://www.atpm.com/12.03/cube.shtml is the correct link, there's a period in the URL - sorry. | |
| Posted by: nottomhanks on 2021-02-16 08:51:24 A friend of mine just successfully printed one of these, and with a slim SATA to SATA adapter, IDE to SATA adapter board, and SATA extension cable, I’m successfully running a laptop drive from 2010 and watching DVDs with VLC in 10.4. It’s a bit of a tight fit, but it’s all working! Just need to try booting to an Apple DVD and try burning a DVD to see what happens. | |
Posted by: Daniël on 2021-02-16 09:32:14A friend of mine just successfully printed one of these, and with a slim SATA to SATA adapter, IDE to SATA adapter board, and SATA extension cable, I’m successfully running a laptop drive from 2010 and watching DVDs with VLC in 10.4. It’s a bit of a tight fit, but it’s all working! Just need to try booting to an Apple DVD and try burning a DVD to see what happens. Is there any chance you could share the STL? I'm now the owner of a Cube that also has an entirely weak optical drive, and would love to have printed one as well to be able to swap it out entirely. | |
| Posted by: Stephen on 2021-02-17 12:31:51 There's some anecdotal success of restoring normal ejection to the original G4 Cube drives by boiling the rubber belts; it shrinks them back to a diameter which is closer to the original diameter. I haven't tried it myself. | |
Posted by: metta on 2021-02-18 07:25:51A friend of mine just successfully printed one of these, and with a slim SATA to SATA adapter, IDE to SATA adapter board, and SATA extension cable, I’m successfully running a laptop drive from 2010 and watching DVDs with VLC in 10.4. It’s a bit of a tight fit, but it’s all working! Just need to try booting to an Apple DVD and try burning a DVD to see what happens. I'd love those STLs as well if your friend still has them. | |
| Posted by: nottomhanks on 2021-02-19 00:17:47 I will ask him and find out. Thanks! | |
| Posted by: cadenya on 2021-07-17 11:52:48 Did you find it? My cube cd drive doesn’t work either. | |
| Posted by: Byrd on 2021-07-17 16:32:28 Here's one design I found: 
iMac G3 / Powerbook G4 / G4 Cube adapter for standard slimline optical drives by deBaerFrame for mounting a standard slimline optical drive into slot-loading iMac G3 / Powerbook G4 / G4 Cube. You need (4) M2 countersunk head screws to mount the drive to the frame. To move the drive's slot up and down to fit the cut-out in the case, change the value of "abstand" in the OpenSCAD...
www.thingiverse.com
Good to hear you can use the SATA optical adapters in them now. | |
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