Guide: How To Swap / Upgrade Hard Drive / HDD and RAM / Memory In A 2009 Apple MacBook Pro 13"

This guide needs to be followed prior to this:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XkQzfoe_Vg

Tools Needed:

Electricians or jewelers crosshead screwdriver.
T6 Torx screwdriver.
Protective surface to work on [the MacBook Pro is very prone to scratching]

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Parts Used:-

4GB RAM Upgrade Kit From Crucial:
Description: 4GB kit (2GBx2), 204-pin SODIMM Upgrade for a Apple MacBook Pro 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (13-inch DDR3) MB990LL/A Mid-2009 System.

Any 2.5" SATA HDD making sure that it is not greater than 9.5mm thick.
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Please Note!:
Consult your documentation before taking on this job.

I take no responsibility what so ever - so please only follow if your sure of what your doing.

You can find guides online from http://support.apple.com/

This may help: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1270




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For your reference I used the 4GB RAM Upgrade Kit from Crucial, and a spare 320GB Seagate Momentus 5400rpm HDD.

The HDD will be used as a temporary solution until I install a 7200rpm 500GB Seagate drive.

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If your wondering how I cloned my existing 160GB OEM drive - it was done using a free version of SuperDuper.

You can download it from their website - it is an awesome application.

http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html

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Good luck!

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[bullychris]

@RandomDoomsday15 No it does not voice warrenty. Do not comment unless you have correct information. Apple allows you to swap RAM and HDD out as they are user replaceable parts [as stated in the manual]. However if you damage the internals whilst doing it you may be at risk.

[bullychris]

@RandomDoomsday15 All comes down to individual competencies. I am a professional IT consultant and find such things easy - most other people would too [hence me doing a video]. But there are some people who should not even attempt working in their kit.

[oOoDannyB0yoOo]

Awesome video! So how would I go about re-installing Lion OS x?

[kristoffergil23]

can you change or upgrade intel processor?

[Emanuelehme]

My laptop, 2.53 ghz 4gb ram, intel core 2 duo and 250gb HD.

Standard and basic MBP 15inch late summer 2009 release.

I have a question to ask, I've upgraded to lion and everything works fine, since I want to upgrade with a faster 8gb ram I wanted to know wether this customization may affect negatively the new OS.

Thanks!

[iPRoDlGy]

What Kind of watch do u have?????

[buzzmeok]

can the watch get any bigger ?????????

[AlfredoAlons]

Dude you took out the sata and then put in the same one...

[tytheguyy]

Hi, i have the same computer (Macbook Pro 2.26 Ghz Intel Core 2 Due, 2gb 1067 MHz DDR3).Is it practical for me to replace/upgrade my ram to 8 gigs?? I mean, it's 2.26 Ghz... I'm not sure how it would turn out..... Also, is it better to just get a portable hard drive or replace the internal hard drive?? Would either one of those 2 be faster than the other? (assuming that both would have the same amount of storage)

[DigitaIGhost]

hey whats the name of this song?

[rajend8]

can you change the video card?

[Dublintoon]

Thanks, nice tune nice vid and nice U-Boat. Simples