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Mike · 1 year ago

Heh, I took one of those down to pieces. Good stuff. Doesn't sound like you were too far off.

Barring part breakage, the worst you could do is forget to connect something - and when you put it back together, you've got no sound. Not a big deal, just pull it apart and connect the one you forgot.

The laptops - now there's a challenge. An iBook has a billion parts and screws. I'm a huge fan of the MacBook design, where the RAM and HD are just behind the battery.

Congrats, dude! :)

webomatica · 1 year ago

Obviously I am not a hardware guy so this was new to me. You're going through some kinda Apple repair certification right? Must be great to learn all the particulars of each machine and feel comfortable with the insides. And yeah, the MacBook RAM upgrade was so super easy compared to the Mini - remove battery, remove little door thingy and there you go.

Mike · 1 year ago

Heh, yeah...got Apple hardware certified a few months ago, am now working on the OS X Server stuff.

It took hours to get the Mini down to pieces, but it's a great feeling once you put it all back together and it works properly.

The more you do it, the better you get. An iBook took me 7 hours, from start to finish, the first time. Did it again about a week ago, and I'm pretty sure I cut an hour or two off of that.

Mini's not too difficult, but the optical drive cables (I think) and the sound board are what take the longest.

Replaced my brother's MacBook HD, what a breeze. The longest part was imaging the old HD, so we could apply the image to the new HD and have it behave exactly as the old HD did. The HD is in the battery corner that's next to the RAM.