Mod: use your MacBook Air Superdrive on any machine

Filed under: Peripherals, Hacks, MacBook Air

If you’ve got a MacBook Air SuperDrive and you’ve been hankering to use it with other personal (Mac or PC), tnkgrl over at tnkgrl Mobile has a solution. With a $9 part and some intestinal fortitude, you too can make your MBA Superdrive universally compatible.

Using the drive with other personal has been a desire from its inception. After some experimentation, tnkgrl found that simply replacing the IDE to USB bridge within the drive did the trick. Of course, that means removing the daughter-board and relocating the 12 MHz crystal. For an experienced hardware hacker, no sweat. For the average Joe, well, it’s quite obviously an at-your-own-risk situation.

Check out the post at tnkgrl Mobile for the details.

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