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Add Note Step 13 — Optical Drive

  • Grasp the white plastic tab attached to the hard drive and pull it to the left, removing the hard drive from the computer.

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Add Note Step 14

  • Remove the two Phillips screws from the front edge of the optical drive.

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Add Note Step 15

  • Disconnect the orange optical drive ribbon cable from the logic board.

Add NoteNotes: Step 13

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Flag Reply by bradleydad Aug 23 @ 1:17 PM

I've done several of these without removing the optical drive, etc, and just gone directly to replacing the hinges from here.

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Flag Reply by o2bnited Sep 13 @ 10:42 AM

Quote from bradleydad:

I've done several of these without removing the optical drive, etc, and just gone directly to replacing the hinges from here.

How did you remove the display portion of the clamshell without dislodging the display cable?