iBook G4 14" 1.42 GHz Hard Drive Replacement
You can install hard drives up to 9.5mm thick.
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Use a coin to rotate the battery locking screw 90 degrees clockwise.
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Lift the battery out of the computer.
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Pull the keyboard release tabs (shown in yellow) toward you and lift up on the keyboard until it pops free.
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If the keyboard does not come free, use a small flathead screwdriver to turn the keyboard locking screw (shown in orange) 180 degrees in either direction and try again.
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Flip the keyboard over, away from the screen, and rest it face-down on the trackpad area.
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Close the display and flip the computer over.
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Remove the three hex screws using a T8 Torx screwdriver.
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Remove the following 10 screws from the bottom shield:
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Six 3 mm Phillips
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Three 7.5 mm Phillips
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One 14 mm Phillips
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Remove the following 11 screws from the bottom of the computer:
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Three 3 mm Phillips around the battery compartment.
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Three 4.5 mm Phillips along the optical drive bezel. (a magnetic screwdriver may help to lift these screws out)
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One 12 mm Phillips in the lower right corner.
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Four 14.5 mm Phillips.
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Remove the following 16 screws:
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Thirteen 3 mm Phillips.
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One 3 mm Phillips.
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Two 4 mm Phillips.
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Remove the four Phillips screws securing the hard drive to the metal framework.
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Remove the following three 3 mm Phillips screws from the metal AirPort card retaining bracket.
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Lift the metal AirPort card retaining bracket up and out of the computer.
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Remove the hard drive brackets from the left and right sides of the hard drive.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Wow!! Who knew it would be so complicated?!? I just wanted to pull the hard drive out before recycling the old case and never would have figured it out on my own. Thanks so much for posting these instructions.
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A lot of these steps aren‘t necessary. Especially to save yourself the trouble: do not disconnect the power button and speaker-it works fine with having the shield next to the iBook with the cables still threaded through the metal sheet.