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    I battled Apple's worlds smallest screws and won

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by AppleUsr, Oct 22, 2011.

  1. AppleUsr

    AppleUsr Notebook Deity

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    Well I upgraded my 2010 macbook pro and it was not as bad as I thought. There are 12 itty bitty screws on the bottom you have to remove. 3 came out easy as pie. the other 9 were smaller and you had to be very careful. This ws obvious after the first screw I would have to take it slow and to not let it slip otherwise they would strip.

    I was very happy to see I was able to remove them all without incident. I bought the screwdriver, torx, and spudger from ifixit to do the job. It made things easier because the screwdrivers were a lot smaller then I realized. I disconnected the battery and updated the ram to 8gb then updated the hard drive to a 750 gb 7200 rpm hard drive.

    the entire thing took maybe 30 minutes. it took longer to install osx and windows then the hardware.

    I am grateful I likely wont have to battle the screws again until its time to change the battery. I left em on the loose side to hopefully prevent stripping.
     
    AppleUsr, Oct 22, 2011
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  2. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    while it may prevent stripping... you may also lose the screws after a few months of moving the machine around and they work themselves out.
     
    doh123, Oct 22, 2011
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  3. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    As long as they're reasonable, you're probably fine. In the worst-possible case scenario, it's not like you couldn't find replacement screws.
     
    masterchef341, Oct 22, 2011
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  4. julian-nold

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    Sorry for the OT, but what RAM and HDD did you use to replace the "low" stuff :cool:

    Greetings
    Julian
     
    julian-nold, Oct 23, 2011
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  5. shriek11

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    The ram would be 4 gb. As for the drive, I think the 2011 macbook pro came standard with 500 gb, so it might be the same for 2010?

    I had one screwdriver from the days of my eye lab job, but it got lost and i tried ifixit set and couldn't get jack done.
     
    shriek11, Oct 23, 2011
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  6. AppleUsr

    AppleUsr Notebook Deity

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    I upgraded the 2 x 2 gb ram with this 2 x 4 gb
    Newegg.com - G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Laptop Memory Model F3-8500CL7D-8GBSQ

    then I upgraded the 320 gb hard drive to this 750 gb 7200 rpm hard drive
    Newegg.com - Western Digital Scorpio Black WD7500BPKT 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive
     
    AppleUsr, Oct 24, 2011
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