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iPod 5th Generation (Video): iPod Video U2 Clickwheel

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:41:19 -0700

is it possible to take the clickwheel of the iPod Video U2 Edition and put it on the 80gb iPod Video?

⟐ Answered December 1, 2011 at 10:41 am -0700

MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid 2010: MacBook Pro 15" mid-2010 SSD upgrade compatible?

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:52:06 -0700

I've got an 15" Apple Macbook Pro Unibody from mid 2010 with a i7 2.66 GHz. I'm currently running the latest Mountain Lion (which is Trim supported that I've heard somewhere). The reason I want to upgrade is because I've got sick and tired from my 500GB Hard drive (which failed on me multiple times. Bad luck I guess).

When the SSD first came into the market I was really interested but back then it was way to expensive for me. But I think the time is right now to upgrade my Macbook Pro.

My question is, I want to upgrade from a 500GB Hard drive to a SSD with a minimum of 250GB. The price really doesn't matter as long it is compatible with my Macbook Pro.

What brand should work fine? Do I need special tools that the connectors would fit on the SDD? And does anyone has it already installed on their Macbook Pro? Does it work smooth and fast?

I plan it to install it myself with the guide that iFixit provides.

Thank you so much for looking into this. I hope you could answer my question.

-Michael

⟐ Answered October 25, 2012 at 10:52 am -0700

MacBook Unibody Model A1342: Is a UK top case compatible with a US MacBook?

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:49:01 -0700

I needed to replace the top case on my (US) unibody macbook but since I'm in now living in the UK, it was easier to get a UK top case as in here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN...

The repair went smoothly, all the new connectors fit into the logic board the same way the old top case did. My computer started up fine and I had all my files and programs but the keyboard and trackpad are acting up.

A few keys work, most keys don't work at all, and some keys do things they aren't supposed to (backspace is volume-up, space is "=", etc). Also, the trackpad thinks that a single tap is a double tap.

I made sure that the connections were secure and tried changing my Language & Text format and input settings to UK, but nothing has worked. Are these top cases incompatible or do I have a faulty part?

Update: I plugged in a USB mouse because the single-tap-is-double-tap was keeping me from doing anything. Even with the mouse, the computer is interpreting a left click as a right click. This is very strange.

⟐ Commented November 14, 2012 at 1:49 pm -0700