[Xtopolop]

i have a rev. c 12" pb, and my hard drive just died. i found an online tutorial on how to get to the hard drive, but found removing the top plate (palm wrests + trackpad) very difficult to remove. all the screws were removed, and i was able to pull up all the corners except the one directly above the hd. supposedly all it takes is some light pressure to pry it up, but i pulled almost to the point where i thought it would break. has anyone else had problems removing this piece from their 12"? a friend of mine even checked the service manual, and it didn't have any more info than the tutorial. any advice??

[Pennstate]

use a credit card to pry it open. But before you do that, did you remove the screws on the left side of the case?

[Xtopolop]

yep, removed all the screws on the left hand side. using a cc sounds like a good idea, i'll try that later tonight. thanks!

[Xtopolop]

yay, finally back to osx... no more using my xp laptop from work! the cc helped some, but i just got fed up and started prying at it and eventually it popped off.

[hakstooy]

Wow, this is weird, yours is the 4th Rev. C 12" PowerBook that I know of whose HDD has just failed.

[uzombie]

Curiously enough my Rev C hdd gave up about four weeks ago...

Replacing it was a nightmare - I think a sadist designed the screws in the battery compartment!

[javabeans]

I just replaced my g/f 12" Powerbook as well. The hard drive failed about 3 weeks back...luckily we were able to get all the data in her home directory off to an external hard drive. The new hd as a 5400rpm Seagate and it worked pretty well. Launch time of apps is noticeably quicker

[NateEssex]

How big of a hard drive can you put in a 12" PB Rev C or D? And, how can I tell which Rev I have?

[Pennstate]

Originally Posted by NateEssex

How big of a hard drive can you put in a 12" PB Rev C or D? And, how can I tell which Rev I have?

I put a 80GB in mine. I think you can get them up to 120GB now. Make sure you don't get a SATA drive.

[vacationgirl]

I just did the replacement myself, same computer, same drive problem. Even I had the same trouble lifting up the bottom case at the front. That's why the little black nylon stick in the Apple manuals is so important... Now I just need to figure out a way to cool down my GPU! If anyone has any advice or thoughts on how to get the best heat transfer from the GPU to the heatsink, I'm all ears!

[blackstar]

ha! i also put a 100gb hd in mine, very good investment as I find the drive to also be considerably faster, i know bought an external firewire 250 gb (139$ from compusa) to do backups!

I experienced the same problem, i had to pull very hard to lift the top plate, but then I found out that there was an additional screw, when removing that last screw it was then very easy to lift iit!

I have a Rev. A, if that matters!

[kcmac]

You all are a lot braver than I. After looking at install instructions for my rev A, I have decided I should pay to have someone do this for me.

Anyone have any good leads for this?

[k squared]

Originally Posted by playtech1

Curiously enough my Rev C hdd gave up about four weeks ago...

Replacing it was a nightmare - I think a sadist designed the screws in the battery compartment!

I actually stripped one of those screws and had to drill it out. Not fun. The MacBook I just picked up is a blessing.