Steps 1–2: Battery
Steps 3–9: Keyboard
Steps 10–21: Lower Case
Steps 22–23: Bottom Shield
Steps 24–26: DC-In Board
Steps 27–32: Upper Case
Steps 33–34: Top Shield
Steps 35–37: Hard Drive
Steps 38–40: Hard Drive Replacement
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Installing iBook G4 14" 933 MHz-1.33 GHz Hard Drive Replacement
Introduction
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You can install hard drives up to 9.5mm thick.
Tools used in this guide
Paginated Single Page Steps
Step 1
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Battery
Use a coin to rotate the battery locking screw 90 degrees clockwise.
Step 2
Lift the battery out of the computer.
Step 3
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Keyboard
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.
isit really possible change 320gb hard drive to ibook g4 1.33 14". i heard motherboard doesnt support bigger than 128Gb?
I put one in and now the machine doesn't recognize the drive.
I'm gonna just pull it out and use it as an external until I can figure it out.
I just went through the whole process and it worked fine. Used super duper to copy the original drive then restored using target disk mode and my MBP
Make sure that you print out the screw sheet (PDF), and lay out all the screws on the 3 sheets of paper. It makes it easy to keep track of all the screws, and you won't make a mistake when putting every thing back. Also, go slow and take your time. You don't want to rush on the HD replacement. It took me about 2 hours. The hardest part was take the case apart. You may want to look at a youtube video called "iBook G4 Hard Drive Swap", by smalldog.com. The video shows how the case comes apart, and puts your mind at ease when you hear the cracking sounds as the tabs are released. The instructions on the ifixit.com web site were awesome.
I too installed a 320 gb WD Hard Drive in a iBook G4. No problems. However, I did test the drive with one of my hard drives utilities to make the sure there were no write errors before installing the drive.