I like upgrading older equipment to their max capacity, stuffing them full of components until their power supply screams for relief, and loading them up with newer software that pushes their RAM and CPUs far beyond any spark of an idea in the thought of the engineers that designed them.
I've put BluRay burners in all my Intel Macs and dual layer DVD burners in all my PowerPC Macs.
If you are careful, there is no need to remove the whole storage unit and can unscrew the optical drive after removing the top case. The screws at the back are a bit tricky, but not impossible to remove while the storage unit remains attached to the logic board and bottom cover.
Please reconsider. Youtube has many teardown videos, and the high quality writeups are what differentiate iFixit from others.
Please post the writeup with pictures. Videos are UNPLAYABLE on older computer equipment in the detail needed to view certain specifics.
Yes, I understand that taking and posting your video takes far less effort on your part, but the teardown writeups are why I come to iFixit. If I wanted to waste my time with teardown videos, I’d go to any amateur on Youtube.
There is also a screw holding down the ribbon cable to the main board. which needs to be removed prior to display assembly removal.
For the rubber screw covers, it is easiest to push at them at the top, otherwise you have the possibility of damaging the surrounding rubber.
Any hints at getting the center plastic screw cover out?
I think you are confusing a WiFi module and a CPU...
Why no display teardown? What LCD does the 2011 use?
Yes, this is the Apple Infrared receiver for the Apple Remote. If you don't have or never used the Apple Remote, you won't be missing anything. I personally use the Apple Remote with Kodi (media player) to stream media, so I would miss it dearly. If you don't have an Apple Remote, you should be able to pick one up for less than $20. Fixing the infrared receiver might be more expensive though...
This photo shows the display connector of an iPod 4th gen. The display connector of the photo/color is quite different.
It is worth noting that the connector for the iPod 4th gen and the iPod photo/color are NOT compatible. The 4th gen has only 10 pins, whereas the photo/color have 12 pins.
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