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Installing iBook G3 12" Hard Drive

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Prerequisite Only

This guide is only used as a prerequisite for other guides and is not a complete or useful guide when viewed independently.

  • Author: iRobot
  • Difficulty: Difficult

How to remove the hard drive and its bracket from your computer.

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Step 1 — Hard Drive  ¶ 

  • Your laptop should look approximately like this.

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Step 2  ¶ 

  • Use the transparent orange loop to disconnect the large orange ribbon cable from the logic board.

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Step 3  ¶ 

  • Lift up the front edge of the hard drive.

  • Peel back the black tape to free the microphone cable from the hard drive.

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Step 4  ¶ 

  • Use the transparent orange loop to disconnect the hard drive ribbon cable from the hard drive.

  • This is a bit tricky. Try rocking the cable gently from side to side while applying even pressure. If you bend the pins, do your best to straighten them, using the hard drive cable as a guide.

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Step 5  ¶ 

  • Your laptop should look approximately like this.