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Installing iBook G4 12" 800 MHz-1.2 GHz Hard Drive Sep 1 @ 1:58 PM
Don't forget to reconnect this connector. Otherwise you'll get the question marked folder blinking on your screen.
Installing iBook G4 12" 800 MHz-1.2 GHz Upper Case Sep 1 @ 1:55 PM
First I released the plastic top. Then I removed the touch pad connector. With that, I was able to shift the top case down a inch so the power connector was exposed. I pressed a small screw driver along the middle on the long side of the power connector and twisted back and forth so it would wedge the connector from the socket. I left the speaker(long wires) wires connected and just flipped the case off to the left.
Installing iBook G4 12" 800 MHz-1.2 GHz DC-In Board Sep 1 @ 1:47 PM
I left the DC board alone screws, cable and all for my hard drive swap.
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Re: MACBOOK PRO 15" 2.53 Sep 5 @ 8:50 PM
This site has great step by step instructions for taking apart laptops.
Maybe you should just put the laptop aside and let it dry completely first(several days in a very warm dry area). Then maybe just the keyboard will be sticky.
Just tearing it apart is quite scarey.
Re: iBook G4 1.33 Mystery Problem Sep 5 @ 8:36 PM
Sorry, firewire for the external.
Re: iBook G4 1.33 Mystery Problem Sep 5 @ 8:35 PM
Well, you're accessing the drive external/internal via usb and hd controller. So maybe something is wrong with the internal HD connection. Maybe it's the cable, maybe it's the controller circuitry on the main logic board.
Re: Replaced HD does NOT mount in iBook G4 12" 1 GHz Sep 5 @ 8:22 PM
When I swapped out the HD in my wife's ibook G4, I wiggled the HD connector to the point that the end than connected to the motherboard disconnected. I listened for the drive to spin up and got nothing. I took the laptop apart again, reconnected the cable to the motherboard and it was fine.
Re: iBook G4 12" turn-off at start-up Sep 4 @ 2:08 PM
Have you tried putting it into "external drive" mode to see if it will stay up that way?
Also, have you checked the vents to see they're clogged with lint/dust?
Re: HELP: MacBook won't start after replacing RAM Sep 4 @ 1:46 PM
The last thing I would eliminate would be to pull the hard drive out and try to start the computer without it and see if it comes alive.
Re: Optical Drive Troubles Sep 2 @ 2:13 PM
When you first turn on the laptop, do you hear the drive run through it's eject cycle?
Just trying to see if it's getting power...
Re: HELP: MacBook won't start after replacing RAM Sep 2 @ 11:44 AM
Have you tried it without any RAM installed?
Re: HELP: MacBook won't start after replacing RAM Sep 1 @ 2:46 PM
You said you replaced the hard drive. I assume that was successful and your laptop started up again and you then installed Snow Leopard.
Have you tried removing the battery, unplug from AC adapter. Then plug AC only and see if it will start?
Re: Replaced HD does NOT mount in iBook G4 12" 1 GHz Sep 1 @ 2:37 PM
I used SuperDuper! to clone the drive and it set up the drive for an easy swap. I used the trial version. Follow the directions from step 17 on.
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/Mac-OS-X-v10-5-Leopard/751/1
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Installing iBook G4 12" 800 MHz-1.2 GHz Hard Drive Replacement Sep 1 @ 2:04 PM
No hard drive icon usually means you forgot to reconnect the hard drive cable connector back to the main board, or if you didn't disconnect it in the first place, then in wiggling with the hard drive, you popped the other end of the connector off...that's what I did :) .
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