[xfesty]

Hi, I'm needing to open up my Al Powerbook for cleaning purposes; long overdue, there's some residue under the keys which are making it a bit sticky.

I remember looking through service manuals some time ago and apparently you needed some special tool to put it back together again properly, which scared me off.

I opened up my old Tibook many times without problems, but apaprently the Tibooks are a whole different kettle of fish.

Does anybody have any hints, or step-by-step guides on getting it apart and back together so it looks like new (i.e. no missing parts, things fitting together as they should be, etc)?

[ibook_steve]

Mentioned many times in this forum:

http://www.pbfixit.com

Great illustrated guides.

Steve

[vinster]

I was told not to disassemble the Al book by an Apple genius a few weeks ago when asking about doing modifications such as a HDD upgrade after the warranty was up.

He said absolutely not to do it without a service manual but also said that even with a manual, the aluminum powerbooks are difficult to disassemble and it's very easy to bend / break parts, especially the top case. He admitted that he'd even bent one up himself.

Perhaps you might think about taking it to an authorized tech to have it cleaned.

[xfesty]

Originally Posted by vinster

Perhaps you might think about taking it to an authorized tech to have it cleaned.

I would, but I don't really have faith in any of the local mac repairers; not only are they going to charge me out the nostril, but I've seen some do repairs and I'm not terribly confident. Those guides look great though - thanks.