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Installing MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Late 2011 Dual Hard Drive

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Scritto Da: Sam Goldheart (e 7 altri collaboratori)
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22

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30 minuti - 2 ore

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5

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Introduzione

There are many benefits to adding a second hard drive to your laptop such as improved speeds, greater storage space, and less heartache when installing new software. Use this guide to install one using our optical bay hard drive enclosure.

  1. Remove the following ten screws:

    • Remove the following ten screws:

    • Three 14.4 mm Phillips #00 screws

    • Three 3.5 mm Phillips #00 screws

    • Four 3.5 mm shouldered Phillips #00 screws

    • When replacing the small screws, align them perpendicular to the slight curvature of the case (they don't go straight down).

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  2. Use your fingers to pry the lower case away from the body of the MacBook near the vent. Remove the lower case.

    • Use your fingers to pry the lower case away from the body of the MacBook near the vent.

    • Remove the lower case.

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  3. Use the edge of a spudger to pry the battery connector upwards from its socket on the logic board. It is useful to pry upward on both short sides of the connector to "walk" it out of its socket. Be careful with the corners of the connectors, they can be easily broken off.

    • Use the edge of a spudger to pry the battery connector upwards from its socket on the logic board.

    • It is useful to pry upward on both short sides of the connector to "walk" it out of its socket. Be careful with the corners of the connectors, they can be easily broken off.

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  4. Bend the battery cable slightly away from its socket on the logic board so it does not accidentally connect itself while you work.

    • Bend the battery cable slightly away from its socket on the logic board so it does not accidentally connect itself while you work.

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  5. Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the AirPort/Bluetooth ribbon cable connector up from its socket on the logic board.

    • Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the AirPort/Bluetooth ribbon cable connector up from its socket on the logic board.

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  6. Carefully pull the camera cable out of its socket on the logic board.

    • Carefully pull the camera cable out of its socket on the logic board.

    • Though not recommended by iFixit staff, some users opt to omit this step completely. For information on this, see the step comments.

    • Pull the cable parallel to the face of the logic board. Pulling it upward may damage the logic board or the cable itself.

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  7. Carefully move the AirPort/Bluetooth ribbon cable out of the way as you peel the camera cable off the adhesive securing it to the subwoofer and the AirPort/Bluetooth bracket. De-route the camera cable out from under the retaining finger molded into the AirPort/Bluetooth bracket.

    • Carefully move the AirPort/Bluetooth ribbon cable out of the way as you peel the camera cable off the adhesive securing it to the subwoofer and the AirPort/Bluetooth bracket.

    • De-route the camera cable out from under the retaining finger molded into the AirPort/Bluetooth bracket.

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  8. Use the tip of a spudger to pry the antenna connector closest to the logic board up from its socket on the AirPort/Bluetooth board. De-route the antenna cable from under the finger molded into the AirPort/Bluetooth bracket.

    • Use the tip of a spudger to pry the antenna connector closest to the logic board up from its socket on the AirPort/Bluetooth board.

    • De-route the antenna cable from under the finger molded into the AirPort/Bluetooth bracket.

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  10. Remove the following five screws:

    • Remove the following five screws:

    • Two 10.3 mm Phillips screws

    • Two 3.1 mm Phillips screws

    • One 5 mm Phillips screw

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  11. Pull the AirPort/Bluetooth assembly and the Subwoofer upward near the center of the side of the optical drive until they clear each other. Move the AirPort/Bluetooth assembly and the subwoofer away from the top of the optical drive.

    • Pull the AirPort/Bluetooth assembly and the Subwoofer upward near the center of the side of the optical drive until they clear each other.

    • Move the AirPort/Bluetooth assembly and the subwoofer away from the top of the optical drive.

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  12. Pull the right speaker/subwoofer cable out from under the retaining finger near the side of the optical drive. Pull the right speaker/subwoofer cable upward to disconnect it from the logic board.

    • Pull the right speaker/subwoofer cable out from under the retaining finger near the side of the optical drive.

    • Pull the right speaker/subwoofer cable upward to disconnect it from the logic board.

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  13. Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the hard drive cable connector up from its socket on the logic board.

    • Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the hard drive cable connector up from its socket on the logic board.

    • Bend the hard drive cable away from the optical drive.

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  14. Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the optical drive connector up from its socket on the logic board.

    • Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the optical drive connector up from its socket on the logic board.

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  15. Remove the three 2.7 mm Phillips screws securing the optical drive to the upper case.

    • Remove the three 2.7 mm Phillips screws securing the optical drive to the upper case.

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  16. Pull the optical drive upward from its edge closest to the display and remove it from the upper case.

    • Pull the optical drive upward from its edge closest to the display and remove it from the upper case.

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  17. Pull the optical drive cable away from the optical drive. Be sure to pull on the connector, not the cable itself.

    • Pull the optical drive cable away from the optical drive.

    • Be sure to pull on the connector, not the cable itself.

    • Remove the two black Phillips #0 screws securing the small metal mounting bracket. Transfer this bracket to your new optical drive or hard drive enclosure.

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  18. Remove the plastic spacer from the optical bay hard drive enclosure by pressing in on one of the clips on either side and lifting it up and out of the enclosure. Remove the plastic spacer from the optical bay hard drive enclosure by pressing in on one of the clips on either side and lifting it up and out of the enclosure.

    • Remove the plastic spacer from the optical bay hard drive enclosure by pressing in on one of the clips on either side and lifting it up and out of the enclosure.

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  19. Make sure that the hard drive connectors are facing down before placing it into the enclosure. Gently place the hard drive into the enclosure's hard drive slot. While firmly holding the enclosure in place with one hand, use your other hand to press the hard drive into the enclosure connectors.

    • Make sure that the hard drive connectors are facing down before placing it into the enclosure.

    • Gently place the hard drive into the enclosure's hard drive slot.

    • While firmly holding the enclosure in place with one hand, use your other hand to press the hard drive into the enclosure connectors.

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  20. Once the hard drive is snug, reinsert the plastic spacer while holding the hard drive against the bottom of the enclosure. Once the hard drive is snug, reinsert the plastic spacer while holding the hard drive against the bottom of the enclosure.

    • Once the hard drive is snug, reinsert the plastic spacer while holding the hard drive against the bottom of the enclosure.

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  21. Use two Phillips #1 screws to secure the drive to its enclosure. Use two Phillips #1 screws to secure the drive to its enclosure.

    • Use two Phillips #1 screws to secure the drive to its enclosure.

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  22. Attach the optical drive bracket to the new enclosure with two Phillips #0 screws.

    • Attach the optical drive bracket to the new enclosure with two Phillips #0 screws.

    • Reconnect any cables you have removed from the original optical drive onto the optical bay enclosure.

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  23. Don't ditch that drive! You can still use your optical drive externally with the help of our SATA Optical Drive USB Cable. Align the cable's SATA connector with the drive's port and plug in securely. Plug the USB connector into your laptop and your optical drive is ready for use.

    • Don't ditch that drive! You can still use your optical drive externally with the help of our SATA Optical Drive USB Cable.

    • Align the cable's SATA connector with the drive's port and plug in securely.

    • Plug the USB connector into your laptop and your optical drive is ready for use.

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Conclusione

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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emersonfn - Replica

Hi

Can someone guide me the best and cheap way to recover the data from my macbook pro late 2011 edition. I have tried to recover and reinstall OSX but failed. Now its time to format the drive and reinstall OSX. But i need to save my full data. Suggestions would be highly appreciated

newnitinanand1982 - Replica

Hi

I've followed this guide twice, step by step, to replace the old HDD with a new SSD, but I just don't see the dual drive appear on my desktop. At first I thought it was because the HDD had needed to be formatted prior; which I did, connecting the optical drive enclosure with the HDD installed in it to another MacBook, then, using Disk Utility to format the drive clean, but no luck either way. I still can't see it on my desktop. Any ideas?

I'll appreciate any help because I was totally into the great idea of the dual hard drive so I went and bought the whole kit from ifixit to perform this swap. I'd really like to see it work.

Thanks in advance

alex belman - Replica

Thank you very much for this guide. The whole process is easier than expected.

Mfernandez - Replica

Hi,

After performing the above scenario, my Macbook Pro is not turning on. Once I'm plugging in the power adapter I can here the clicking sound (approx. every second) and the light on the front edge starts blinking. I've tried many different scenarios, with holding and release power button etc... I've also tried disconnecting and connecting back different parts of the scheme, but result is still the same...

Any ideas what can be the problem here?

Thanks in advance!

Anton - Replica

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