> On Nov 27, 2017, at 10:10, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bill, > > I’ve replaced several drives in the Mini’s both the kind where you had to use > two putty knives to spread the sides apart and the more recent models where > the bottom comes off. > > I did all of these without the tool, and believe me, getting the old drive > out and the new SSD in is a bear, not enough room…then one day I was at > Johnathan Fletcher’s house and he tore one of mine apart and used the tool… > > Grief, what a help….there are two holes in the motherboard, the tool goes in > the holes and you move the entire mechanism “out” of the case…you don’t move > it far, 1/4 inch, possibly 1/8 and now there is plenty of room to work.
OK... so it sounds worthwhile. Can it be cobbed from a hanger, though? > > Once installed use the tool to move everything back flush inside the case.. > > Jonathan says that wherever he purchases his SSD’s they send the small kit > with the drive, it has all the small screwdrivers, torque drives and the U > shaped tool to move the innards. I think this is what comes with a full replacement kit from iFixit. I got my hard drive from New Egg, so they don't have the repair kits. I've got everything else I need, just not the u-shaped thingy. Bill _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
