OPTICAL DRIVE FIXED but what is this part???

PCB, MLB, 2.0GHZ DC, SMS/KIONI - Does any one know what this part is???
I sent mine in after 3 bad MASHITA drives (only reading about 2/3 of my discs that played well on every other machine they were loaded into)
I sent it friday the 15th and it was delivered back to my doorstep tuesday the 19th. ONLY 4 DAYS !!!!
This time it finally seems to be working. They replaced it again with the mashitaDVD-R UJ-857, and also they replaced the part identified as " PCB, MLB, 2.0GHZ DC, SMS/KIONI.
I was able to download 10 out of ten of the discs that frooze up the computer with the previous MASHITA drive
macbook 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)

"Does any one know what this part is???"
That would be the "Logic Board".
Jim
PowerBook G3 500 Mhz "Pismo"/ 2.0Ghz BlackBook 2GB OWC RAM Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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