Lightscribe Lite-On LH-20A1H-185 is a tight fit

[Tibbar]

After removing the front plate, the sliding drawer of the Lite-On DVD-RW drive comes out too low and scrapes the bottom of the Mac Pro's drive opening, getting stuck about a quarter of its length. I tried adjusting to no avail. So I had to switch the new drive up to the higher bay in order for it to open reasonably well.

I picked this drive because of the recommendation given on the Accelerate Your Macintosh! web page. Just letting everyone know that it takes some fiddling.

 

[jeremy.king]

Is the Mac Pro anything like the MDDs? I know when I had my MDD, I had to take the front bezel off the drive to make it work properly with the spring loaded doors.

 

[OllyW]

Can you remove the front panel off the tray?

I fitted a Pioneer drive to my old MDD G4 PM and had to take the front off the tray to prevent it fouling as it ejected.

 

[Tibbar]

I should clarify: I removed the drawer front panel beforehand. The scraping occured along the bottom of the drawer itself.