Thanks to Colin, Lynne and Esther for your help. I kept waiting for Colin to arrive here in Chicago where I'm visiting my Mother but he never came, so I ran out to Wallgreens which is a drug store chain that also carries some groceries and other nicnacs. They had a tiny unmagnatized Phillips head that fit the bill perfectly. My "about this mac" screen now indicates that I have 8GB of memory, so it will be interesting to observe whether this modification does actually affect the machine's performance.
I really appreciate Lynne's pointing out that the screws were not all the same size. I followed her advice and kept them in the back as much as possible. One area where I messed up was that I inadvertently knocked a few of them off. I've never seen such tiny screws -- I suppose that's why they recommend a magnetized driver. In the end I lost a tiny screw somewhere in mom's thick carpet, but am sure my MBP isn't in danger of coming apart. I had not read Esther's post, but as Lynne suggested it was pretty clear what needed to be done once the back was off the box. One thing I don't recall when installing memory previously that I'll mention here since it took me a little time to figure it out as I didn't want to pry anything. The memory sticks are clamped down by a couple spring loaded thingeys (how bout that for a technical term?). When you move both of them away from the sides the first stick will pop up and can easily be removed. The second memory bank is right below and can be extracted rather easily once the top one is out. This probably isn't unique, but I recall snapping them into place when I broke into other boxes. Anyway I really appreciate everyone's help and thanks to Lynne, I only lost one screw instead of what it might have been had I followed my original plan and removed them from the back. Best regards. Geoff ----- Original Message ----- From: Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 7:49 PM Subject: Re: Breaking into an MBP. Hi Esther You are correct about the screws being longer in 3 of the holes. We sat and watched Gordon do this upgrade just last week, so it can be done without vision. We didn't seek any instructions because it seemed obvious once you have the back off. But I am, as usual, amazed by your thorough research. Lynne On 22 Aug 2011, at 01:37, Esther wrote: You can generally find instruction guides at the iFixIt site. I did a Google Search on "ifixit macbook pro 13" unibody 2010 ram" and got the page for the replacement guide: • "Installing MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2010 RAM" http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing-MacBook-Pro-13-Inch-Unibody-Mid-2010-RAM/4319/1 You don't have to be so specific -- if you get to the iFixIt web site, you can just type in the search term for the particular model you want, and the operation you need to do (e.g. disk or memory upgrade). There's a link to download a PDF guide under the "Format" heading. (I'll send you the guide as an attachment off list). Otherwise, you'll need to move to the second web page. Actual instructions are simple, and involve removing 10 Phillips #00 screws. Keep track of these, because I think that 3 of the screws are longer, although the head size for the screw driver should be the same in all cases. You can ignore the optional step about disconnecting the battery with a "spudger". A spudger is just a general-purpose flat bladed tool for lifting up electronic components. One thing I noticed: the instructions are the same for the 2010 and 2009 Unibody MacBook Pro models, and although the web page doesn't refer to the model as the 2010 MacBook Pro 13" in the body of instructions, the PDF file does. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
