Don't try this at home!

Original Apple hard drive.

CPU fan.

SuperDrive internal DVD burner.

This is where the battery would be.

My disassembled 12" PowerBook G4, ready to have the old hard drive taken out and the new one put in. This was way harder than I expected it to be. If I'd looked at the instructions first, I would probably not have ordered the hard drive online, but just sent the damn thing off to Apple.

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Fisbeedude says:

I did that to my 12". Put in 100GB. Its one of the scarriest things ive done. Lots of screws to keep track of. I found some good instructions online and was able to do it in about an hour.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben·Millett says:

It's easier the second time. Not that I recommend doing it twice, but if you get a new drive 6 months after a new HD... I guess they didn't do too much to change the insides of the 12" PB from the 12" iBook.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

mhaithaca says:

Yup, I actually did have to do it twice, and the 12" PowerBook design is a lot like the 12" iBook design.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

joseph.palumbo says:

A new hard drive is nothing! Try replacing the DC-In board and have to memorize the where all of those cables strung through the inner-frame go.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

M.Norrman says:

I try it at school :)
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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