Need New CD/DVD Drive

Need to replace my internal drive. Any suggestions? Preferably one with a DVD burner.

Good Morning,
I hope you find this article useful, I did. I bought my superdrive from Other World Computing. At the time (June 2006) the model was Pioneer DVR-111D.
I have an older eMac, so there were some tense moments, when the article was not enough to guide me. The thing that really was frustrating was when I went to reconnect the display connector. The connector housing was so tight up against something (don't remember what is was), but I actually bent a pin and my screen was in a lovely green. I took it apart again and I had to remove the locking snap on the one side to make it work. I has been working fine ever since.
Here is the link to the article:
http://www.macworld.com/2005/06/secrets/julyhandson/index.php
I also found this article helpful
http://www.wilko.com/emac/
Good Luck
Kjell

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