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How To Install Your SuperDrive

SuperDrive Installation Guide

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1. PREPARING FOR DISASSEMBLY: You will

need the ollowing: 1) an old credit card

along with some sandpaper 2) a small

Philips screwdriver 3) a sot cloth or towel

(to protect the nish and the display.

2. First, you will need to modiy the credit

card by sanding the short side into a bev-

eled edge. Set the item aside.

3. Shut down the MacBook, unplug theAC Adapter close the display and allowcomponents to cool or 10 minutes beorebeginning this procedure.

4. Lay down a sot cloth and ip theMacBook over exposing the battery.

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Stage 1: Setting Up

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5. Using a small coin, turn the battery release

latch to unlock the battery rom its bay. It

should pop up slightly. Lit the battery out

o the bay.

Stage 2: Removing Battery

6. With the battery bay exposed, touch the

area shown in the picture to discharge any

static electricity.

7. Locate and loosen the three screws showin the picture. These are captive screws so

they will not come out o the L-bracket.

8. Holding the long end o the L-bracket, litit out in the direction shown in the picture.

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Stage 3 Unscrewing Parts

9. Remove the two 5.5mm screws on the

optical drive slot side.

10. The screws on the opposite side need not

be removed. But i you do, make sure you

replace them correctly (they are 3mm). Do

not use longer screws, as this may damage

the computer.

11. Remove the 4 screws on the rear o thecomputer. Take note that the ones closest

to the center are 12mm and the ones on

the outside are 8mm.

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12. Careully turn the MacBook over andremove the three screws.

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Stage 4: Unscrewing Parts

13. Please notice that there are a number

o screws shown. You must begin by

removing the second screw. Remove each

3mm screw shown. There are a total o

our screws to remove. Do not remove any

other scews.

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14. Remove each 6mm screw, one on either

side o the battery connector.

15. (TOP CASE) Remove the 3 screws as shownin the picture.

16. Remove the screws shown in the picture. The two onthe let are 3mm and the one on the right is 4.5mm.

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19. The top case will begin to work ree.Careully lit it slightly.

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17. Careully turn the computer back over

and open the display. Using the edge o

the modied old plastic credit card, gently

insert the sanded edge in between the top

case and the let side o the computer.

18. Slowly move your way around the edge o

the top case


Stage 5: Removing Keyboard

20. Using a small at head screwdriver,careully disconnect the ribbon cable as

shown in the picture. Set the top case

aside.

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23. Disconnect the interconnect ribbon cableas shown in the picture

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21. Locate the Bluetooth connector attached

to the optical drive in the upper right-

hand corner o the unit. Gently pry up the

antenna rom the plastic holder and move

aside.

22. Remove the screw closest to the lower let

edge o the optical drive (6mm).

Stage 6: Removing Old Optical Drive


24. Peel back the EMI tape as shown

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27. Locate the hard drive. Slide it out and set itaside.

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25. Move aside the LVDS (silver) cable, but do

not disconnect it. This is to gain access to

the screw underneath.

26. Careully slide the bracket orward away

rom the drive toward the an in order to

disengage it.


Stage 7 Removing Hard Drive

28. Remove the two 3mm screws as shown inthe picture.

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31. Using a razor blade, remove the antennaholder rom the old optical drive.

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29. Careully lit up the cable that runs along

the edge o the optical drive.

30. Lit up the optical drive while routing the

cable underneath.


Stage 8: Removing Old Optical Drive

32. Very gently remove the thin metal bracketrom the optical drive (BE CAREFUL. This

is a difcult procedure as the metal is

adhered to the drive).

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35. Careully set the optical drive back into therame. Make sure you move the bracket

back into place beore inserting back into

the rame. Route the cable back over and

t back into place careully.

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33. Remove the oam tape rom the optical

drive interconnect cable as shown. Remove

the cable rom the drive.

34. Take the new optical drive out o its

packaging and attach all o the items

removed rom the original onto the

new drive. This includes the bracket,

interconnect cable and oam tape as well

as the Bluetooth antenna holder.


Stage 9: Installing New Optical Drive

36. Reattach the 2 3mm screws.

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39. Reattach the interconnect cable onto thelogic board.

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37. Slide the hard drive back into place. 38. Reroute the LVDS cable so that it is not

pinched and reattach the EMI tape.


Stage 10: Reattatching screws

40. Reattach the screw in the bottom let-handcorner o the drive.

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43. Line up the top case with the rest o thechassis, making sure there are no cables

protruding that could get pinched and t

the top case back down

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41. Reinsert the Bluetooth antenna back into

its holder.

42. Careully place the top case back into

place. Reconnect the ribbon cable as

shown.


Stage 11: Reassembling MacBook

44. Reattach the three screws as shown in thepicture.

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47. Reattach the our screws as shown in thepicture.

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45. Reattach the two screws as show in the

picture here.

46. Lay the unit down as show in the picture,

resting the keyboard side down on the sot

cloth with the display acing away rom

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48. Careully replace the three screws asshown in the picture.

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51. Turn the MacBook over. Replace the L-bracket, starting with the let-hand side

and slowly work your way around.

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49. Lit up the computer careully and close thedisplay. Reattach the screws as shown in the

picture. Hint: I you have trouble lining up

the top case with the bottom o the unit, take

your modied credit card, open the display,

insert the card as shown and close the display.

This should help line up the screw holes

appropriately.

50. Reattach the screws on both sides o the

unit.



52. Tighten the captive screws on the bracketmaking sure that none o the EMI padding

protrudes or gets pinched.

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53. Replace the battery and push down to lock

back into place.

54. Youre done!




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