DVD?CD Drive

After just over a year my lovely 24inch Intel iMac has decided to kill the DVD/CD drive. Nothing will go in. It is dead I fear. So if I order a new drive, is the fitting easy? I do not want the trouble of sending the machine back.

I had a similar problem with my G4 iMac. I ended up just leaving the dead drive in the computer and picking up an external LaCie CD/DVD burner. The model I bought is no longer available (if you're interested in seeing the specs, it's here: http://www.amazon.com/LaCie-16x-LightScribe-FireWire-300978U/dp/B000FGJVF4 ) but I've had no problems with it whatsoever. Even after almost 3 years of heavy use, it is still going strong.

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