Installing iBook G3 12" Lower Case

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Replacing the plastic bottom case.

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Add Note Edit Step 1 — Battery  ¶ 

  • Use a coin to rotate the battery locking screw 90 degrees clockwise.

  • Lift the battery out of the computer.

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Add Note Edit Step 2 — Lower Case  ¶ 

  • Your laptop should look approximately like this.

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Add Note Edit Step 3  ¶ 

  • Use a pin (or anything you like) to remove the three rubber feet from the lower case.

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  • Remove the three 5.2 mm newly-revealed Phillips screws.

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  • Use a spudger or small flathead screwdriver to pry up the three metal rings that housed the rubber bumpers.

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  • Remove the one 10 mm and two 20 mm hex screws using a 2mm hex. Alternatively, a T8 Torx screwdriver key will do.

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  • Remove the two 4.2 mm Phillips screws on either side of the battery contacts.

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Add Note Edit Step 8  ¶ 

  • 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.

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Required Tools

T8 Torx Security Bit Screwdriver

$6.95 · 50+ In stock

Spudger

$2.95 · 50+ In stock

Phillips #00 Screwdriver

$4.95 · 50+ In stock

Flathead 3/32" or 2.5 mm Screwdriver

$4.95 · 50+ In stock

Coin

$2.95 · 20 In stock

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