Taking Apart MacBook Pro

[ZeeGeeH]

hello can anyone help me on repairs i do not want to take it to the apple store

[xJAMSTARR]

who else muted?

[miltheman020]

what tool is it at :19??

[ftbtef]

Thank you so much for this! The top of the bottom part of my MBP was coming off very slightly in the bottom left corner, I thought that some glue or something had come off, turns out I just needed to tighten the screw!

[3mariusx]

in the stage you opened at the end of the movie the fans can be cleaned easily or there is a long step forward?

[IntegraSirHellsing]

Um, I resently aquired a MP. From my Aunt Kelley. We were moving out of her old house and she let me have it. Problem is that her cats spilled somthing on it. Right now I just starting taking all of the screws out of it to take it apart. I alread looked on the Mac site to clean it with alchol and cotton swabs. If there a possible way I could get it work again?

[omgallusernamzrtake]

I have a question...something is rolling around inside my computer...my computer is working fine but i want to know if it would be safe for me to take apart the computer to see what it is....or will my computer just stop working if its opened? i got my macbook pro in 2009...so it looks a little different.

[silvertripper]

Thanks for the video... even a few years old. I just used it to change out my hard drive on my 2008 mbp. Took me 45 minutes to do the total swap start to finish and taking my time so I didn't do anything stupid. Thanks for the video!

[Oakleaf700]

Only a Man would do this! Now, a woman would NEVER think ''oh, I know, I have a spare half hour, let's see what the innards of my expensive laptop look like! ''My son is the same tho, with bikes, takes em apart to clean every tiny component, so it probably is a man thing.

[cmcalero]

@Oakleaf700 - what are you talking about. i take my macbook apart all the time to update parts replace HD and im a woman

[Oakleaf700]

@cmcalero Well done-I simply would not have a clue-so would not even attempt it! -probably a ''sexist'' comment, didn't mean it to be, but most people who I know who love electronics are men- but there are plenty of men i know who would not have a clue as to do with the inside of a computer, too :)

[mckt007]

CONGRATIOLATIONS Mr.! You are now a tru member of the WVWU, We Void Warranties United!

[koryfan]

REALLY HELPED. THANKS... i took it off to clean my fans.

[BluSk0rpi0n]

Hi great vid but can you PLEASE PLEASE SLOW it down? Also possibly give some instructions along the way?

[Cab0cl0]

ear rape

[proximxr]

I've never thought about using an icecube tray for a screw holder...out of all the things I've used and thought of...never that...very nice idea lol!

[jweezy5000]

My macbook wont let me watch it. i wonder why

[realcampusman]

@jweezy5000 you dont have one

[jweezy5000]

@realcampusman yeahhhh dudeeee tottss!!

[vivelecorn]

This is very easy to do! Done this with no real problem to upgrade my RAM to 6GB and my HD to a 500GB WD HD on my 2007 MacBook Pro :-)

[KushPizzaSleep]

@vivelecorn hey did u get the blue scorpion HD OR whatever, and does ur Mac recognized the 6gb or 4 x 2 mem? U ahve the santa rosa chipset correct?

[vivelecorn]

@KushPizzaSleep I made considerable changes to my 2007 MacBook Pro over the time. I now got a Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid HD, and I took the 6GB RAM out of my laptop because I noticed it didn't really make any performance difference on my computer. I downgraded to 4GB RAM again and upgraded to the mentioned HD above which has 4GB of SSD in it to make my computer perform 2x faster than before. And I have Santa Rose chipset. Hope this helps :-)

[SuperApple1995]

i never could do this with my one

[Semicarbazide]

Thanks for helping me to figure out how to take apart my MacBook Pro in order to fix a Graphics Chip problem on the Logic Board (do it yourself Reflow)

[mraliwade]

love the icecube tray

[mikejr879]

what about the screen, i got a tiny dent in the back i'd like to take out

[wwcomputerrepair]

replaced some ram on one of these... been there, done that

lol

[jsol1992]

Hahaha I thought there was an iPod in the bottom left...I was like OMG PHREE IPOD INSIDE??

[AlexPlaysGames]

@jsol1992 That'd be the ultimate easter egg :P

[ABERCROMBIEDUDE913]

lolll I Thought The Same Thing.

[naderracer]

good by warranty so long apple care.

[IDmann700]

is there like ram cards and cpu's and stuff in a mac book?

[loneshark2000]

is there a 7200 RPM drive that i can put in my revision A 17inch, 2.16 core duo macbook pro ???

[almegalli]

yes there is , I got one from ebay 320GB for about 130$ .

it is faster .

[loneshark2000]

yea, i seen some of them now... do you have snow leopard installed on your macbook ? if so, can you tell me what kind of frame rate you get when using quicktime X screen capture mode ? thanks. i want to make sure im getting low frame rates because of my slow hard drive. thanks.

[lorderik237]

YES, one less mac to worry about (unless you put it back together -.-)

[lanthus20]

macs arent something to worry about? Why should you worry about a mac.

[Javasteen80]

I need help guys! My MBP power button is slightly sunk a little bit to the left. If anybody can post a video that show how to fix it or a site of instruction to how pls let meknow...

[AKMarietta]

can the keyboard be swapped out and put in a new top case?

[nameis12396]

dude why are you taking it apart, give it to me

[shobergcharge]

any trouble putting it back together?

[s1icedbread]

SOOOOOOOO easy to do.

[sixtafoua]

it seems like the cd drive and the battery take up more space than they should...

[cheesekake22]

well the battery is so posed to last for 8 hrs

[crikeyentertainment]

thats the new ones... this is an old (pre late 2008) model

[MegaTechie]

Yeah, I got this computer July 2007.

[lazzard]

@MegaTechie. hey Megatachie!! I have the same computer. My keyboard and trackpad stopped responding a few months ago, if i replace the keyboard and trackpad will this fix the problem?

[macbookpro57]

i dont know how to do this so im not gona, i just got my macbook pro and i dont want it ruined! lol

[sonic10158]

i wish i had a macbook pro to do this with...

[buttanusrectum]

me too

[blackjack7154]

why would you want to take apart a macbook , but cool

vid

[repask]

WTF???some people need to repair their mac by themselves, so its kinda useful to see how to do it.

BTW: can anybody tell me whats the music in video, really like it. sounds like daft punk...

thx

[MegaTechie]

The Pulse by Digitalism

[NeemaMahdavi]

I got a problem getting to my RAM, striped screws. Tips?

[s1icedbread]

EPIC LAWL!

[MegaTechie]

Ok, the long vent at the top-back part of your computer does have a metal grill protecting the computer from foreign objects. Near the end of my video, you can see that the fans are located on the left and right; they both blow hot air out of the computer.

If you want to be sure that there is no bug back there, shut down your computer and close it. Then, take a flashlight and inside the back of the computer where the vent is.

Hope this helps!

[echoingheads]

Thank god I hav people like you to be curious for me!!!

knowing me I'd ruin it completely!!

[oLLoman9]

cool video

[macingosh73]

hey great vid. love the time lapse thing. what happened when u tried to take off the top cover?

[MegaTechie]

oh, it got stuck. it seems that there are some latches in the front above the superdrive. i had to be careful not to snap them.

[SimpleKiller12]

Hey under the battery pack what are those things u pull out on mine i c like chips etc what r they and is it hard putting them back in

[MegaTechie]

Those are the memory chips (also known as RAM).

They are kind of tricky to get back in. You have to first slide them in at a 25 degree angle and then snap them it.

[allawho]

i just did this same thing, however when i removed my keyboard i totally forgot to realize where the yellow plug was taken out from. can u tell me where i am supposed to plug that in?

[Magicharibo]

where u planning on changing the HDD?

[MegaTechie]

No, not this time. I will be buying a new HDD in the future and then i'll replace it.

[tarumous]

LOL at utilizing ice-cube maker thing to organize your screws!!!