Powerbook surgery
Posted by unbrand on 20 February 2005 | 0 Comments
Yesterday I performed Powerbook surgery. My hard drive died rather quickly and violently in my 15” Powerbook, so it was time to put in a new drive.
It wasn’t really that bad, because I followed these instructions which helped a lot. The only real problem was that after taking apart the machine and getting to the very last screw (of about 20) to remove, I stripped it. I was using these cheap philips screwdrivers when combined with the cheap philips screws used in the hard drive retaining bar, the end result was serious screw strippage. The solution? Like many other times in life, brute force was the answer. I managed to bend the retaining bar just enough so I didn’t have to take out the last screw. It’s a bit nerve-wracking applying that much force inside a Powerbook, but in the end, it all worked out and I have a shiny, fast, 7200 RPM drive to boot. ;-)