Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 1 Use a coin to rotate the battery locking screw 90 degrees clockwise. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s624 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 2 Lift the battery out of the computer. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s625 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 3 Pull the keyboard release tabs toward you and lift up on the keyboard until it pops free. If the keyboard does not come free, use a small flathead screwdriver to turn the keyboard locking screw 180 degrees in either direction and try again. Flip the keyboard over, away from the screen, and rest it face-down on the trackpad area. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s630 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 4 If the computer has an AirPort card installed, follow the next three steps to remove it. Push the wire clasp away from the AirPort card and toward the display, then rotate up to free it from the RAM shield. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s631 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 5 Grasp the clear plastic tab on the AirPort card and pull toward the display. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s632 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 6 Hold the AirPort card in one hand and use your other hand to remove the antenna cable. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s633 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 7 Remove the four silver Phillips screws that secure the RAM shield. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s634 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 8 Grasp the metal bracket on top of the RAM shield and pull upward to remove the shield. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s635 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 9 Pull the keyboard cable up from the logic board, holding the cable as close to the connector as possible. Make sure that you reconnect the keyboard cable before replacing the RAM shield. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s636 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 10 Use a pin (or anything you like) to remove the three rubber feet from the lower case. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s639 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 11 Remove the three newly-revealed Phillips screws. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s640 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 12 Use a spudger or small flathead screwdriver to pry up the three metal rings that housed the rubber bumpers. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s641 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 13 Remove the three hex screws using a T8 Torx screwdriver (or Allen screws using an Allen key if these are used). The shorter screw is in the center of the computer. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s642 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 14 Remove the two Phillips screws on either side of the battery contacts. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s643 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 15 Breathe deeply. Trying times are ahead, but we promise the lower case does come off. Push the thin rims of the lower case surrounding the battery compartment in, bending them past the tabs, and then lift up to free that corner of the lower case. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s644 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 16 There is a slot on the wall of the battery compartment that locks the lower case in place. Use a small flathead screwdriver to pry out the slot's lower rim and pull up on the lower case to free the slot from the tabs holding it. Be careful not to break this clip! /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s645 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 17 Run a spudger along the seam between the lower case and upper case on the front of the computer to free the tabs locking the lower case. Pull up on the lower case and continue to use the spudger as necessary until you hear three distinct clicks. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s646 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 18 Continue to run the spudger around the front, right corner. There are two tabs on the port side of the computer, one near the front corner and one near the sound-out port. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s647 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 19 There are three tabs over the optical drive that must be released before the lower case can come off. Slide the spudger into the lower case above the optical drive and run it toward the back of the computer until you hear three distinct clicks. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s648 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 20 Once the front and sides of the lower case are free, turn the computer so that the back is facing you and pull the lower case up and toward you until the back tabs pop free (it may be helpful to jiggle the case up and down). /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s649 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 21 Remove the small greasy springs with white plastic caps from either side of the battery contacts. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s650 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 22 Remove the following 10 screws from the bottom shield: Six 3 mm Phillips Three 7.5 mm Phillips One 14 mm Phillips /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s651 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 23 Lift the bottom shield off. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s652 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 24 Remove the single Phillips screw securing the DC-In board. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s655 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 25 Disconnect the DC-In cable from the logic board. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s656 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 26 Deroute the cable from around the optical drive, removing tape as necessary, and angle the DC-In board out of its compartment. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s657 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 27 Remove the following 11 screws from the bottom of the computer: Three 3 mm Phillips around the battery compartment. (Some models may only have two screws.) Three 4.5 mm Phillips along the optical drive bezel. (a magnetic screwdriver may help to lift these screws out) One 11 mm Phillips in the lower right corner. (if present) Four 14.5 mm Phillips. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s660 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 28 We recommend placing the computer on a soft cloth from this point on to prevent damaging the logic board. Turn over the computer and open it. Remove the 2 Phillips screws (3mm) from the edges of the keyboard area. Remove the 4 mm Phillips screw from the lower left corner. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s661 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 29 Before you can yank the upper case off, you must disconnect the trackpad connector, the blue and white power cable, and speaker cable as described in the next steps. Be especially careful with these cables; never pull directly on the cables, but use a spudger to pry up the connector directly. Lift the upper case and use a spudger or your finger to disconnect the trackpad connector hidden beneath the white plastic tab. Due to model variatons your trackpad connector may be different than the one pictured. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s662 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 30 Carefully lift the upper case about half of an inch and move it so that you can access the power and speaker cables. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s663 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 31 The connectors at the ends of the cables are attached very firmly to the sockets on the logic board. Pulling directly on the cable will either separate the cable from its connector or the socket from the logic board. Lift the upper case enough to disconnect the blue and white power cable from the logic board. Using your fingernails or a dental pick, carefully pry the connector from its socket. Make sure you're pulling only on the connector and not on the socket. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s664 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 32 Carefully disconnect the multicolored speaker cable from the logic board. As before, make sure you're pulling only on the connector and not on the socket. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s665 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 33 The screw circled in orange may not be present in some models. Remove the following 16 screws: Thirteen 3 mm Phillips. One 3 mm Phillips. (actual screw not present in image) Two 4 mm Phillips. Be sure to fit the screw near the left hinge through the loop in the display data cable, securing the cable to the upper case. Missing in this photo is the Bluetooth antenna present in some iBooks. It is located at the upper right corner of the battery compartment, just above the 4mm screw. You can see the bracket for the antenna in the photo. It is the two I-shaped holes just above the 4mm screw that must be removed in this step. To remove the antenna, slide it toward the LCD, and tilt it vertically back towards yourself. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s668 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 34 Lift the top shield up from the right side, minding the upper left corner, which may catch on the metal framework. If your iBook has Bluetooth, as discussed in the previous step, you will need to slide the antenna through the lower I-shaped hole in the shield before completely removing the shield. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s669 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 35 Remove the following 3 screws: One 3 mm Phillips in the channel between the optical drive and fan. One 6 mm Phillips from the upper end of the drive bezel. One 6 mm Phillips with a collar from bracket extending from the lower left corner of the drive. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s679 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 36 There are two different styles of optical drive ribbon. If the cable extending from the optical drive is white, skip this step. If the cable is orange, then complete this step and skip the next two steps. Disconnect the orange optical drive ribbon from the logic board. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s680 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 37 This is a diagram of the ribbon clamp connector you will disconnect in the next step. 1) With your fingernails, grasp the locking bar on either side and pull up a small amount (about 1/16" or 2 mm). 2) After disengaging the locking bar, slide the cable out of the connector. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s681 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 38 Release the optical drive ribbon clamp as described above. Slide the optical drive ribbon out of its connector. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s682 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 39 Lift the optical drive from the metal framework. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s683 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 40 Remove the two Phillips screws securing the metal bracket and cable to the back of the optical drive. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s684 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 41 Peel the cable up from the top of the optical drive, removing tape as necessary, and disconnect it. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s685 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 42 Remove the single Phillips screw securing the bezel at the front of the optical drive. This screw is longer than the two that secure the bracket and cable at the back of the drive. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s686 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 43 The bezel has several small, fragile tabs that will break easily. Use a spudger to carefully depress the two tabs on top of the bezel. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s687 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 44 Hold the optical drive on its side and depress the remaining tab to free the bezel from the drive. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s688 Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Optical Drive: Step 45 Turn the drive over and remove the two Phillips screws from the bracket on the side of the drive. These screws are only partially threaded. If you have a CD or any other object jammed in your optical drive, we have an optical drive repair guide. /Guide/Installing-iBook-G4-14-Inch-933-MHz-1-33-GHz-Optical-Drive/190/all#s689