My Problem

Macbook pro, a few years old but still with a bit of life left in it. I decided to upgrade rather than replacing it. The upgrade consisted of more memory, a solid state drive and a replacement of the optical drive with bay to hold the old HDD. I personally hate the idea of adding to landfill so anything I can do to keep a computer or other tech device going I am for.

My Fix

Relatively easy but then I have all the tools I need and have learned to take my time on any process I have never done before. The ifixit repair guides are first rate and I always run through each step several times so have few surprises.

My Advice

Make sure you have the correct tools for any repair. Take your time and lay out the parts in a way that makes sense when it comes time to put something back together.

My Problem

Needed more HD space for my dual-boot Macbook Pro

My Fix

Works like a champ. I used to fix laptops, but your instructions with pictures are very good, so I think anybody can do it.

My Advice

In step 10 of your online guide, the two 2.5 mm Phillips screws, are difficult to access with the bits you provide in your kit. The shaft of the bit (that fits into the screwdriver) barely fits into that gap. Getting those screws back in took some time, and I may have stripped those screws (not sure).. I would suggest looking at other bits that have a thinner shaft. Other than that everything was great.

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+M...

My Problem

avoid to carry external drive with removing optical drive with iFixit

My Fix

Repair with guideline provide on iFixit

My Advice

It is quite clear to replace with my knowleadge 0/10 but I did it!

My Problem

I wanted to boost my laptops performance with a solid state drive running in tandem with my harddrive.

My Fix

The repair went awesome. Took a few hours once I received all the right parts. Everything went super smoothly.

My Advice

Make sure you click the right box when ordering a product. And make sure you know what you are ordering. I ordered the wrong optibay unit and had to overnight the correct part for an extra $30 bucks.