[iBook] Re: iBook disassembly/re-assembly for upgrade/repair

[Joy Freeman]

There are terrific take-apart instructions at http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/
with generally good advice about how to avoid particular pitfalls (such as
how to remove the trackpad ribbon clamp--a procedure that about gave me a
heart attack the first time I did it because I thought I'd broken it; I
wasn't using the ifixit guide that time).

And here's a tip for keeping track of screws: Before you start the
procedure, glance through the instructions and print any page that shows a
lot of screws to be removed. Then, as you remove screws, tape them to the
correct spot in the photo. When you put it back together, reversing your way
back through the ifixit instructions, it's easy to find which screw goes
where. 

I've taken apart two different iBooks now (no broken plastics; both 'Books
feeling fine) and found a decent tool for taking the bottom case off is a
discarded credit-card-style ID. I cut one side at an angle so one end was
just about a half-inch wide, and then I used the narrow end to slide around
the corners.

Hope this helps,

Joy 


Jack Countryman (jcountry at insightbb.com)wrote:

>  I thought I had seen a series of disassembly pictures a year or two ago,
> but could not find them this summer when I had time to do this.  Anyone know
> where to find them?  As Stephen reports, separating the case pieces without
> breaking too much of the plastic is a challenge.


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