hardwaremacbook prooptical-drive
While replacing the logic board on my MacBook Pro (15" 2.4 GHz) and I stripped one of the 3.3mm 00 Phillips screws for the SuperDrive. I have found only one source online that had replacements in stock (http://www.impactcomputers.com/), and they wanted to charge me $19.99 + shipping for 5 of them. Are stores like this my only recourse, or does anyone know of a better online distributer of Mac parts?
I have checked ifixit.com and I would like to avoid buying full $60 sets for one replacement.
I had an old Powerbook G3 that had lost 2 of it's rubber feet. Instead of trying to replace them with the same ones, I just went to a hardware store and bought the little rubber stick-on feet that you could put on the bottom of furniture or a TV stand or whatever. Cost all of about 99 cents and worked perfectly.
They looked something like this:
There are some variations in the drives supplied in Apple's products. For example, often Apple will have multiple suppliers for a part, and products often have hardware options. As such there will be other drives that are supported.
I find sites such as iFixIt or Other World Computing that are targeting DIY repair and upgrades are helpful as they provide a guide to which parts are compatible with various Mac and MacBook models.
Here are some results for your MacBook Pro:
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iFixit is a good place for parts. They seem to sell complete screw kits for different models.
Although one screw missing won’t hurt the unit. I repaired a machine recently that is literally held together with celo tape and stickers.