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We need…
√ PowerBook 12" and related replacement Hard Drive
√ Philips #0 screwdriver
√ Torx #6 screwdriver
√ Nylon tool (or a big flat-headed screwdriver)
Shut down the powerbook, and place it on a smooth and clean surface.
Battery
Put the PowerBook face down, and remove the battery
Remove the 4 screws holding the RAM bay
Access the RAM bay
Extract SoDimm RAM module
Acting on sides, unlock the module
Extract SoDimm RAM module
Once RAM module has been freed, extract it
Bottom keyboard screw
Inside the RAM bay, on the side of the hinge, a long Philips screw locks the keyboard. Remove it.
Bottom keyboard screw
Remove the screw together with its EMI shield
Screws in battery bay
Remove the 3 small Philips screws in the battery bay (in yellow in the picture)
Battery bay
If needed, remove the small metallic nudge where battery locks
On both hinge sides remove the 2 screws close to the display (in yellow)
Put the PowerBook face up
We’ll remove now 4 key caps in the upper key line: 2nd and 3rd leading keys (F1, F2), 2nd and 3rd trailing keys (F11, F12)
Remove the 4 key caps
Using a black stick (or a large flat-headed screwdriver) carefully pry up keys from the left side of each key
Remove the 4 key caps
Always act on the left side of each key
Remove keyboard screws
Below removed key caps there are 2 screws still locking down the keyboard
Remove keyboard screws
Remove both the screws
Pry up the keyboard
Pry up the keyboard on display side, then slide it
Put the keyboard face down over the trackpad
Remove keyboard connector
Act carefully on connector’s sides
Remove keyboard connector
Unplug the connector. Keyboard has been freed, we can remove it.
Remove Torx screws on the top of keyboard bay
They are two #6 torx screws
Remove Torx screws on the top of keyboard bay
Remove both the Torx screws
Store screws and parts in a safe way
Removed screws and parts could be placed in a kind-of map on the table, in order to grant an easy identification when closing back the PowerBook
Screws in keyboard bay
There are 12 philips screws to be removed (in yellow).
Possibly one screw is covered by a metallic seal.
Store screws in a safe way
Once more we’ll store screws in a kind-of map
Unplug Trackpad connector
Pick up the seal and unplug the connector carefully
Remove side screws
Right side of the PowerBook, at trackpad level
Remove side screws
Left side of the PowerBook, at trackpad level
Staccare il top case
Unplug top case
Unplug top case
Use a black stick (or a large flat-haded screwdriver) along the edge of the top case to loosen –but not remove– the top case from the bottom case.
Top case isn’t completely free, some wires still lock it.
In any case it’s free enough: instead of remove it, we’ll rotate the top case in order to access the hard drive.
Unplug the hard drive
Unplug hard drive connector
Unplug the hard drive
Remove the 2 screws locking the HD (in yellow)
Unplug the hard drive
Pick up the HD and slide it: it’s free
Remove screws on HD
2 screws are located below the HD, on flat side (in yellow)
Remove screws on HD
2 more screws on the other side, in gum (in yellow)
Pry up the flat
Replace the HD
Unplug the connector and replace the HD.
Then we can close the PowerBook.
Mount key caps
To mount back key caps slide them from the left side to the right down, in order to fit the scissor
Mount key caps
Once key cap right side is in place, a light vertical pressure on key cap’s left side will lock it down.
© and Credits
All material used is orginal and specifically produced for faqintosh.com
⌘ Marco Balestra (operator, author)
