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Use one hand to pull back the speaker cable and use your other hand to lift the optical drive up and out of the computer.

If you have a CD or any other object jammed in your optical drive, we have an optical drive repair guide.

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MacBook Pro 17" Models A1151 A1212 A1229 and A1261 Optical Drive Replacement

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