MacBook Core Duo Lower Case Replacement
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Ir para o passo 1Drop your MacBook and crack the plastic lower case? Use this guide to replace it with a brand new, scratch free part.
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Use a coin or spudger to rotate the battery-locking screw 90 degrees clockwise.
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Remove the three evenly-spaced Phillips screws from along the rear wall of the battery compartment.
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Remove the following 3 screws:
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One 11 mm Phillips #00 in the middle of the case.
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Two 14.5 mm Phillips #00.
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Starting near the display and working around to the front of the computer, pry up on the upper case. It is held with clips on the right above the optical drive. These will release with some firm lifting pressure.
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Be careful when prying up the upper case. It's very easy to slice open a fingertip and thus provide the blood sacrifice the Mac gods sometimes require of those who insist on doing their own repairs.
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Grasp the white plastic tab attached to the hard drive and pull it to the left, removing the hard drive from the computer.
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Remove the following 3 screws:
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Two 3 mm Phillips near the right speaker.
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One 6 mm Phillips threaded through a hole in a plastic finger above the subwoofer.
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Use a spudger to carefully disconnect the microphone cable from the logic board. You'll want to work from side to side, and slowly wiggle the connector out of its socket.
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Hold the display with one hand while removing the screws from the left hinge mount.
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Remove the following 3 screws from the left hinge mount:
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One 6 mm smaller diameter Phillips from the right side.
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One 6 mm larger diameter Phillips from the middle.
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One 10 mm Phillips from the left side.
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Lift the left hinge mount out of the computer.
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Peel up the small black rubber cover from the right side of the heat sink.
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Carefully lift the hard drive connector out of the case slightly, and turn it over to reveal the IR sensor connector beneath. Use a spudger to flip up the plastic hinge of the tiny bar holding the cable in place.
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Slide the orange IR sensor cable out of its connector, and lift the hard drive connector out of the computer.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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These are excellent instructions. To replace just the keyboard/top case will take about 15 minutes.
To replace the bottom case will take about two hours.
In addition to the coin, phillips head screwdriver and spudger, I recommend working on a large towel, and having some scotch tape.
Working on the towel will save you time and aggravation if a screw gets away from you - it won't go very far.
Print out the instructions from the PDF document. As you remove the screws, us a piece of tape to grab the screws, fold over part of the tape to keep them secure, and then tape the screws to the step in the disassembly process.
When you get to the point of reassembly, your parts will be right there at the step as you need them.
Thanks to the people at iFixIt for their excellent guides, and their excellent support and response time to questions/posts! Awesome job!
Penny