Removing optical drive from PPC G4

I have a superdrive from my G5 that I want to put into my G4. Can someone point toward a tutorial on how to remove the G$ optical drive? I cannot figure out the mounting. It apears to be in some sort of carrier with the zip drive that must be removed befoe the drive can be removed.

ilovetrainskc,
Sorry, I misinterpreted the G$ in your original post (Can someone point toward a tutorial on how to remove the G$ optical drive?)as G5. Therefore, I assumed you were having difficulty removing the optical drive from the G5.
Had I know that your problem was part removal from an AGP Graphics G4; I would have provided you the following Apple DIY link:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75312>
It relates to Gigabit Ethernet G4s, but the AGP Graphics G4s are almost identical (many Apple Support documents cite use for PowerMac G4 (AGP Graphics/Gigabit Ethernet). I've never been able to find Apple DIY documents or CIP documents strictly for the AGP Graphics G4, but these worked quite well for me when upgrading my friend's 350 MHz AGP Graphics G4 (aka., Sawtooth) last year.
Carl B.
Power Mac MDD G4   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   Dual 1.25 GHz 2MB-L3, 2 GB RAM, Verax fans, ATI 9600, DVR-111D, SyncMaster 215TW

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