>don't forget the t-8 for the gommets.
>g
The only thing I have found not mentioned that may help is be
sure your phillips head screwdriver is not magnetized. Find a small
screw and hold the screwdriver close to the screw on a piece of
cardboard, if the screw moves at all as the screwdriver gets closer,
get another screwdriver..
Sometimes the cage that holds the hard drive can get stuck
under the lip of the back panel where your speakers and power button
are. The hang up usually occurs at the back of the hard drive sled.
A small thin plastic knife helped me put just enough pressure
to slide the sled towards me in the computer and free the metal sled.
Do not use too much pressure or the plastic holding the speakers may
crack.
When you get the hard drive out of the cage and are going to
remove the cable connector from the old hard drive, do not mistake
the copper pins you see on the hard drive cable as the connector to
pull on. The connector to pull on is solid black plastic and is flush
against the old hard drive. To see how it should fit look at the new
hard drive pins, the black solid plastic connector covers these pins.
It will take just enough pressure to make you sweat to get it
off :).. If it is the original hard drive you may have to try pulling
a little on one side of the connector a little and then on the other
side to help loosen it. Do not flex up and down..
There is also a small black piece of paper with glue on the
back, you can remove this from the old hard drive, I put mine back
on. I think they use it for dust control.
When you put the connector on the new hard drive align the
cable connector to the left of the hard drive, this will leave some
pins on the right side of the hard drive not connected, this is
normal. Examine the old hard drive before removing the connectors to
see what pins will be left unconnected. And how it should look with
your new drive connected..
The sled slides back in to place, notice the plastic tabs on
the bottom off the pismo and the metal tabs under the hard sled this
holds the sled in place..
Lots of good light helps and be careful of static electricity
Well I hope this helps, any other questions I know others
will help answer your concerns. It is a little tense the first time,
but then what isn't. Good Luck
Geoff
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