Introduction
You can install hard drives up to 9.5mm thick.
Tools
Parts
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Use your fingers to push both battery release tabs away from the battery, and lift the battery out of the computer.
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Lift the memory door up enough to get a grip on it, and slide it toward you, pulling it away from the casing.
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Remove the following 6 screws:
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Two 10 mm T6 Torx screws on either side of the RAM slot.
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Four 14.5 mm Phillips screws along the hinge.
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Rotate the computer 90 degrees and remove the two 3.2 mm Phillips screws from the rear of the computer.
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Rotate the computer 90 degrees again and remove the four 3.2 mm Phillips screws from the side of the computer.
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Lift up at the rear of the case and work your fingers along the sides, freeing the case as you go. Once you have freed the sides, you may need to rock the case up and down to free the front of the upper case (there are some hidden plastic clips that need to be clicked off).
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Disconnect the trackpad and keyboard ribbon cable from the logic board, removing tape as necessary.
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Remove the upper case.
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Use a spudger to carefully loosen the adhesive securing the sleep light and IR sensor connectors to the top of the hard drive.
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Remove the two T6 screws that are holding down the hard drive retaining bracket (on the right side of the drive).
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Lift the hard drive retaining bracket up and out of the computer.
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Lift up the hard drive with one hand and use your other hand to disconnect the hard drive cable.
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Remove the two silver T6 Torx screws and black rubber bumpers from the right side of the hard drive.
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Remove the two black T6 Torx screws and black rubber bumpers from the left side of the hard drive.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
20 comments
very well explained. I did it by my self and your help using only a little screwdriver of my victrorinox (swiss knife).
tks a lot for your path.
see u soon ;)
giorgio
giorgio -
Thank you all very much, this guide is perfect for everyone, no matter your level of expertise, i never opened my mac before and i succesfully replaced my old 120 gb HD with a new 320 gb HD 7.200 RPM :) And worked flawlessly!!
BIG UPS to ifixit, this guide is perfect for everyone!
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P.S. The only thing that went wrong is that the button to open the macbook is not working perfectly, i have to press it harder than usual, i guess i have to disarm it again and check that everything is in place, other than that it is working flawlessly ;)
lanu39 -
Years ago, I had to return/replace this type of a battery several times because of erratic behavior in the laptop. Suddenly I had one that lasted for 5 years before not taking any charge anymore. So, I'm going to order a new one hopefully without having to restart the return charade BECAUSE:
I observed that the battery's CONTACTs are unreliably INTERMITTENT. So far, it helped for a while moving it in and out in order to chafe the contacts' surfaces against each other.
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