Replacing my iMac superdrive

Hi, As my previous posting was 'is my superdrive dead', now i think it is what's my alternative? Should i take it to a dealer and get it replaced? Replace it myself (if its easy to do) but with what? and maybe buy a stand alone drive but again what type? I tend to use tuff disks or cheaper. thanks.

As in your previous posting "is my superdrive dead"
How in the world would we know if you don't give us some details.
What makes you believe that it is dead?
Chances are if you have this post in the correct fourm your Optical Drive is still in warntee. Apple will replace it. Do you have Applecare, if so they will for sure.
If you haven't tried to do some basic steps to determine if your drive is the problem or the media you are using.
Have you followed any of the recommended maintenece procedures.
Like Repair Permissions.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=122021
Many times depending on what the issue is Zapping the Pram will and can fix the problem.
Don

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