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How To Install Your SuperDrive
SuperDrive Installation Guide
For Customer Service and Technical Support
email: [email protected] or phone: 408.850.6232
PLEASE PRINT OUT A COPY OF THE MANUAL BEFORE INSTALLATION
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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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or comments you may have while installing your LCD Screen. Lets begin.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
you.
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Stage 12: Reassembling MacBook
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.
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Stage 13: Reassembling MacBook
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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Stage 14: Reassembling MacBook
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