Installing MacBook Core 2 Duo Hard Drive

Add Note Introduction

How to remove the hard drive, along with its cable and bracket from your computer.

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Add Note Step 1 — Battery

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

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Add Note Step 2

  • Lift the battery out of the computer.

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Add Note Step 3 — Memory Cover

  • Unscrew the three evenly-spaced Phillips screws from along the rear wall of the battery compartment.

  • The screws are captive to the metal memory cover.

Add NoteNotes: Step 1

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Flag Reply by ServiceDocs 4 hours ago

I used this guide plus the Thermal Paste guide to resolve my MacBook RRS (Random Restart Syndrome) issue. My MacBook would randomly restart after the fan kicked into high speed. When I removed the heatsink I discovered an an irregular patch completely free of thermal compound of about 15-20% of the area on one of the processors. I removed and re-applied the thermal paste. I ran a memory test utility overnight that previously caused a restart after a couple of hours, and the probelm seems to be solved. TIme will tell.