[P1] Ibook hd question

[david]

On Tuesday, February 25, 2003, at 05:38  PM, Mark Kippert wrote:

> david on 2/25/03 1:11 PM wrote:
>
>> check out: <http://caslis.com/mac/ibook/ibdrive.html> for doing the
>> clamshell iBook
>>
>> Several years ago I rescued a friend who got about 30 minutes into his
>> hard drive upgrade and chickened out. I finished it and while I¹ve 
>> been
>> doing this kind of thing since 1978 (no, really, 1978. I built an
>> Altair) this was the most nerve wracking finger scraping upgrade I¹ve
>> ever done. A couple months later I decided my tangerine needed
>> upgrading so I let MCE do it. Great service and a decent price. I
>> highly recommend them for out of warranty PowerBook repairs.
>>
>
> I've heard it's not easy and if it's anything like swapping the drive 
> in the
> iceBook, you're looking at a 3 hour job. I've done it three times and 
> it
> doesn't seem to get any faster.

I talked to the tech who did my tangerine iBook and he said they had it 
down to a science and could do one in about 70 minutes. Phew!

> One tip I'd like to suggest. It seems like no two screws are alike 
> inside so
> DON'T mix them up. Print out the instructions at the link showing the 
> iBook
> at different stages. Then as you remove a screw just poke it through 
> picture
> at the corresponding point. It makes the process so much easier.

I grabbed a stack of dixie cups. Once I finished one step I put the 
parts in the cup. I then put the next cup inside the previous acting 
like a cap. When I had the drive installed I had a stack of cups. I 
liked this method because I couldn’t accidentally sweep parts onto the 
floor. I’d done that before!

david

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David