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Opening the MacBook Pro
Removing the Top Case
Removing the Hard Drive...
The first step in replacing and upgrading
your hard drive is to make sure you purchase
the correct replacement. MacBooks use Serial-
ATA (SATA) drives instead of its predecessor the
IDE drives that were used in the older Power-
book and iBook lines from Apple. The SATA
drives are much faster by a minimum of 50%.
You will also need to choose what size hard
drive you want to replace it with. Make sure
when shopping for a new drive that you get a
compatible one, and if you are worried about
getting the correct one, you can purchase your
hard drive from our store if you haven’t already.
They are guaranteed compatible with Apple
MacBook and MacBook Pros.
Once the top case is disconnected from
the logic board, you can put it off to the side.
You should now be getting your first good look
at the logic board and all of the internal com-
ponents. The hard drive is going to be at the
front left corner of the main body of the
MacBook Pro. It can be seen in the pictures
below with the Toshiba sticker on it. (Your hard
drive might not be a Toshiba) The main interface
connection is going to be at the top.
As seen in the top picture to the left, the
first step is to disconnect the hard drive cable
that connects to the main logic board. It is the
L-shaped orange cable. To disconnect it from
the main logic board just grab hold of both sides
of the cable and pull up. Try not to disconnect it
from one side as you may damage the socket or
the cable.
There will be two screws on the right side
of the hard drive holding in the mounting
bracket. One of the screws may be hidden by a
few wires so just gently move them aside so you
can get to the screw. Once both screws are
removed, you should be able to pul out the Blu-
etooth module (Small board wrapped in clear
plastic). Once that is taken off, you can prepare
to remove the bracket. The orange cables pic-
tured below are just stuck onto the top of the
hard drive with adhesive so it should separate
easily. There is no need to disconnect the two
white cable connectors at this point.
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STEP BY STEP
Removing the Hard Drive
The first thing to do is
disconnect the ribbon
cable from the main logic
board as pictured above at
the top. The bracket
pictured above in the
middle is held in by two
phillips head screws
marked in the image to the
right. The bluetooth
board can be removed by
gently lifting it up.
There are two
screws to
remove.
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