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Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278

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  1. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278, Puerta de acceso: paso 1, imagen 1 de 1
    • Con la carcasa cerrada, coloca el Unibody con la parte superior hacia abajo sobre una superficie plana.

    • Presiona el lado ranurado de la pestaña de apertura de la puerta de acceso, lo suficiente como para poder agarrar el extremo libre. Levanta la pestaña de apertura hasta que quede vertical.

    This is not a a1278 unibody MacBook Pro. A1278 MacBooks backs are one solid metal piece not two separate pieces. This guide is for a different MacBook Pro.

    Brad Burgeson - Contestar

    This guide isn’t for a pro; it’s a MacBook unibody.

    Nicholas -

    So, it turns out that Apple used the model code A1278 for quite a few different Mac models, including both Pro and non-Pro versions! This guide is for the non-Pro Macbooks. There’s also one for the Pro models with the same A1278 identifier.

    tempelmann - Contestar

  2. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278: paso 2, imagen 1 de 1
    • La puerta de acceso debe estar ahora lo suficientemente separada, como para levantarla y sacarla del Unibody.

  3. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278, Batería: paso 3, imagen 1 de 1
    • Antes de seguir, asegúrate de que la pestaña de apertura de la tapa de acceso esté vertical.

    • Sujeta la pestaña de plástico blanco y extrae la batería del Unibody.

    Great tutorial ! great step !

    Leo Etcheverry - Contestar

    Even though it’s specifically stated, you have to make sure the access door latch is vertical or the battery won’t be removable.

    Henry Kim - Contestar

  4. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278, Carcasa inferior: paso 4, imagen 1 de 1
    • Retira los siguientes ocho tornillos que aseguran la carcasa inferior al chasis:

    • Un tornillo Phillips de 3 mm.

    • Tres tornillos Phillips de 13.5 mm.

    • Cuatro tornillos Phillips de 3.5 mm.

    On my model, it seemed the top-left was 3.5mm and the bottom 4 were 3 mm.

    Jim - Contestar

    Make sure you have a good quality Phillips screwdriver. Mine had removable tips and had a small play at the connection. As a result I didn't have a good feel and damaged my screws (those securing the fan and the top left in step 23). Game over for me installing new thermal paste...

    Be very carefull with your screws! Especially those on the inside.

    Nickolas Michelinakis - Contestar

    You can get away with a Phillips #00 for many of the screws involved but the 4 at the bottom case split are likely to strip if you don’t use a JIS #00 or, in a pinch, a Phillips #000.

    Bill Cole - Contestar

    I used the Phillips #00 tip from my Pro Tech Toolkit, and it worked well enough. But yes, maybe #000 might have been better on the lower row of screws. Note to myself: Always read the comments first.

    Les Kitchen -

    When replacing these screws, the order to replace them in is as follows:

    1, Top left

    2. Top right

    3. Top center-left

    4. Top center-right

    5. Bottom center-right

    6. Bottom center-left

    7. Bottom right

    8. Bottom left

    I hope this information is helpful.

    facebook - Contestar

    I followed my usual process of putting in all the screws loosely, then tightening them gradually in distributed pattern, to help ensure that the panel settles in place evenly. But maybe some orders are better.

    Les Kitchen -

  5. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278: paso 5, imagen 1 de 1
    • Usando ambas manos, levanta y retira la carcasa inferior de la carcasa superior.

    Thanks for the guide!

    It's implicit in the two photos, but worth mentioning because it blocked my progress in this step for a bit: You have to put the release latch back into its horizontal, closed position before you can lift off the lower-case panel.

    Les Kitchen - Contestar

  6. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278, Disco óptico: paso 6, imagen 1 de 1
    • Usando el extremo plano de un spudger, levanta el conector del subwoofer de la placa lógica.

    • En algunos modelos, el conector del subwoofer está soldado a la placa lógica y se romperá si haces palanca. Si necesitas reemplazar el altavoz/subwoofer, puedes tirar hacia atrás del relleno de espuma del conector y retirar los cables rojo y negro para desconectarlo. Vuelve a introducir los cables del nuevo altavoz para volver a conectarlo.

    • Si sólo vas a desmontar el disco óptico y no vas a sustituir el altavoz/subwoofer, no es necesario que desconectes este conector.

    Me, too, broke the subwoofer connector from the motherboard. I'd suggest removing the padding first so that you can see what kind of connector it is, then pry it loose (insert spudger where the cables enter the connector).

    petterwolff - Contestar

    DO NOT REMOVE THE SUBWOOFER CONNECTION. Step 6 IS NOT NESCESSARY.

    You can complete this guide without doing step 6 just BE CAREFUL as you already should be.

    kenneth rhem - Contestar

    The subwoofer cable is NOT removable on some models, attempting to remove it, brakes it off the circuit board and them you are @@%#$$, like me. Thanks iFixit. Also it is not necessary to remove it to replace the optical drive.

    todd - Contestar

    Oops, I followed Step-6 and my subwoofer connector came off from the motherboard!!! Please suggest me what needs to be done now?

    Srinivasan - Contestar

    Happened the same to me ... step 6 is a @%#$$. You should put now a way to repair the damage done. I just have four small tin marks on the board ...

    stratorick - Contestar

    Happened the same problem to me ... step 6 is a @%#$$**%%#. You should put now a way to repair the damage done. I just have four small tin marks on the board ... and looking to sky for help

    Badruddin Hisbani - Contestar

    Just “4 small tin marks” is what the the motherboard half of the subwoofer connector looks like.

    Bill Cole - Contestar

    There are two variants of this connector. In one, there are pins that come up from the motherboard and the connector can be pried directly up without damage.

    The other variant of the connector that everyone commenting here has is soldered to the motherboard. To repair this type, first pull off the small square of foam padding on top of the connector. Then gently pull out the four black and red wires, leaving the soldered connector attached to the logic board. After you have installed the new speaker and subwoofer, you will remove the connector on the replacement component and carefully feed the red and black wires into the connector that is still attached to the motherboard (paying careful attention to their correct order). Then replace the square of black foam.

    If you have removed the soldered on the connector, your two options are to solder it on yourself or to find a repair shop that can do that for you. There are instructables online for soldering tiny components that can help you.

    bike - Contestar

    Reading all of these comments prior to beginning the work, I didn’t even try to investigate the type of connector my laptop had. I just DIDN’T attempt removal of this connector, worked around it, and as others have mentioned, it is truly unnecessary to remove this connector. You can move the subwoofer (after removal of its other screws) out of the way just enough to slip out the old drive and slip in the new drive.

    Henry Kim - Contestar

  7. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278: paso 7, imagen 1 de 1
    • Desconecta el cable de la cámara tirando del extremo macho hacia fuera de su conector.

    The lack of warning “Be careful not to pull up on the cable as you remove it from the socket.” here, as is displayed on a similar step on the “MacBook Unibody Model A1278 AirPort Card Replacement” guide, has caused me to break the cable. My WiFi is not working anymore. How can I replace only this cable? Thank you.

    Ismael Neiva - Contestar

    Bonjour J’ai eu le malheur de toucher à ce câble et depuis je n’ai plus de retro-éclairage sur mon écran. Est-ce lié ?

    Hello I had the misfortune to touch this cable and since then I have no more backlight on my screen. Is it related? (but the computer works fine when I plug in a screen)

    christophe.arnaud - Contestar

  8. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278: paso 8, imagen 1 de 1
    • Utiliza un spudger para levantar el conector del disco óptico de la placa lógica.

  9. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278: paso 9, imagen 1 de 1
    • Retira los dos tornillos Phillips que sujetan el subwoofer a la caja superior.

    • Insertar traducción aquí

    Longer screw was on the Left for me.

    amiller770 - Contestar

    Left: 3.7 mm

    Right: 4.0 mm

    As I measured with a vernier caliper.

    nickjg - Contestar

  10. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278: paso 10, imagen 1 de 1
    • El subwoofer sigue conectado al altavoz derecho, así que no lo quites del todo todavía.

    • Levanta el subwoofer del disco óptico y colócalo encima del ordenador.

  11. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278: paso 11, imagen 1 de 1
    • Retira los dos tornillos Phillips que sujetan el soporte del cable de la cámara a la carcasa superior.

    • El tornillo situado más a la izquierda puede permanecer cautivo en el cable de la cámara.

    This step is not necessary. Drive can be released without removing the screws.

    mcbohdo - Contestar

    If you’re replacing the subwoofer, you DO need to remove the left screw but not the right screw. This is fortunate, because if you are stuck with a Phillips #00 instead of a JIS #00 screwdriver, you may well strip the heads of these screws.

    Bill Cole - Contestar

  12. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278: paso 12, imagen 1 de 1
    • Retira los tres tornillos Phillips de 2,5 mm que sujetan el disco óptico a la carcasa superior.

    The lower left screw hole of the replacement drive purchased from iFixit doesn’t align with the screw hole of the body of the computer. Doesn’t seem to be a problem as the drive seems to be quite stable with the other 2 screws, and the “fit” within the drive area.

    Henry Kim - Contestar

  13. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278: paso 13, imagen 1 de 1
    • Levanta el disco óptico por su borde derecho y sácalo del ordenador.

    • El cable del disco duro puede desconectarse de la placa lógica al extraer el disco óptico. Asegúrate de que está conectado durante el reensamblaje.

  14. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278, Disco óptico: paso 14, imagen 1 de 1
    • Retira el cable de la unidad óptica tirando de él en línea recta para separarlo de la unidad óptica.

    • Este conector es especialmente profundo, así que asegúrate de separarlo de la unidad por el centro del conector.

    • Si tienes un CD o cualquier otro objeto atascado en tu disco óptico, tenemos una guía de reparación de discos ópticos.

  15. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278: paso 15, imagen 1 de 1
    • Retira los dos tornillos Phillips nº 0 negros que sujetan el pequeño soporte de montaje metálico. Transfiere este soporte a tu disco óptico nuevo o la caja del disco duro.

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    • Retira el separador de plástico de la bahía del disco óptico presionando los cierres a cada lado, levántalo y sácalo de la bahía.

    is it 9,5mm or 12,7mm for the caddy? My stuff macbook pro mid 2010, need advice what size is compatible. Thank you

    Adi Purba - Contestar

    All Macbooks use 9.5mm Optical Drive Caddy, also, If you’re wondering as well, the Optical Drive runs at SATA II speeds just like with the main hard drive area, so if you’re using a SSD, then it’s going to run at a slightly slower speed.

    - PS5iscool - - Contestar

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    • Asegúrate de que los conectores del disco duro miran hacia abajo antes de colocarlo en el hueco de la bahía.

    • Coloca con cuidado el disco duro en el hueco insertándolo en la ranura.

    • Mientras sujetas la bahía con una mano, presiona el disco duro con la otra mano para insertarlo en los conectores.

    Okay it seems like some models of MacBook Pro have issues with a fast (6Gbit/s) SSD in the optical bay. Even though my Mac says it offers 6Gbit on both bays it simply didn't work in the optical bay. So I switched places between the two drives and everything seems to work. My Mac booted from the old HDD in optical bay automatically and then I cloned it afterwards and changed the startup disk to the new one. As said before, don't put a fast SSD in the optical bay!

    Carl - Contestar

    This is an extremely late response to an old comment, but… whatev’s. My 2011 MacBook Pro had that issue: the main (HDD bay) SATA operated at 6Gbit, and while the optical bay said it was 6Gbit, the “Negotiated Link Speed” was like 1.5Gbits regardless of what you put in it (I can understand 1.5Gbits for an optical drive, but not for an SSD). Some of the early 2012 models did the same thing, from what I understand, but that was corrected pretty early on; both my 13” and 15” 2012’s run at 6Gb/s on both SATA busses.

    AJH -

    It’s not wise to swop the optidrive for an HD as there is no physical protection. The caddy is only intended for an SSD.

    Ben Ormerod - Contestar

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    • Una vez has ajustado el disco duro en su sitio, reinserta hasta el fondo el espaciador de plástico en el hueco.

    Normally with the HD enclosure there come a set of screws. use these to screw down the HD in the enclosure since you need to flip it up side down to reinstall it into the MBP

    Bart - Contestar

  19. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278: paso 19, imagen 1 de 2 Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278: paso 19, imagen 2 de 2
    • Atornilla dos tornillos Phillips #1 para fijar el disco duro a su bahía.

    Where are these screws coming from? Were they part of the original optical drive?

    Bradley DeHerrera - Contestar

    The new enclosure should include these two Phillips screws.

    Sam Omiotek -

    Can someone show the step of removal process of hdd/SSD placed in the caddy? I am unable to revert this process. Do we have to apply back greater force to remove back the hard drive/SSD from the caddy?

    Tarun Kumar Verma - Contestar

    Gads, I wish they made a caddy where the optical drive was removable without having to remove the entire caddy. That is a major peeve of mine. Like… just mount it the other way! I don’t want to have to go through this entire process every time I upgrade the secondary drive.

    AJH - Contestar

    These screws seems to be located in different places on different enclosures. I had serious trouble getting the SSD that the previous owner of this MacBook installed out of the enclosure until I realized the screws holding the SSD in place were on the side and not on the bottom. In case anyone else has the same issue!

    nessie1001 - Contestar

  20. Instalación de un disco duro dual del Installing MacBook Unibody Modelo A1278: paso 20, imagen 1 de 1
    • Fija el soporte del disco duro a la nueva bahía con dos tornillos Phillips #0.

    • Reconecta todos los cables que hayas desconectado del lector de discos ópticos original a la nueva bahía.

    Replaced the optical with hdd, as well as replaced the hard drive with an ssd. Now I get the circle with a line through it. But, when I hold the option key down, it gives me both hard drives, PLUS, the thumb drive I have in the USB port with a Mountain Lion installer. It even shows the recovery disks, but gives me the circle with the line when I choose one. Any help is appreciated.

    claude - Contestar

    Mate,

    My mbp shipped with OS 10.8, and I had upgraded twice to 10.10

    I've a 10.7 USB which upgraded my old MBP.

    My plan today was to boot with my new ssd, my time machine back up and the Lion usb plugged in.

    I would then click on the Lion usb, and tell it to put the OS and time machine back up on the ssd.

    So I help down ALT and when it started it gave me the options of the usual Mac internal or the Lion USB.

    I clicked Lion, but instead of taking me to the install options (Disk utility, restore from time machine etc etc) it gave me that grey circle with a diagonal line through it. The no entry sign - grey on grey - that I think you have.

    Some googling said that it is because I was trying to usb a 10.7 install on a MBP that shipped 10.8

    You can't go back, apparently.

    So if any of the OSs are older than the mac you got, you will get this error. The grey in grey no entry.

    I just cloned my HDD to my ssd (Carbon copy cloner free 30 day trial) using an external stat-usb3 wire and all is good.

    Rory -

    I have a 17" Macbook Pro6,1 unibody with an Intel Core i5, 2.53GHz. I was successful installing a 250GB SSD in the DVD bay, and I'm able to boot from it. I did this by first installing OS X 10.9.4 on the SSD mounted into an external HD case, testing the system to see if it would boot up into the SSD, then installing the SSD and carrier in the DVD drive bay. The system now boots up from the SSD with no problems. If you are having installation problems, I recommend trying this method.

    roger hall - Contestar

    I just have finished installing second SSD to my MBP (unibody 15` 2010).

    First one was changed like one year ago. Samsung 500GB SSD. It is in my HDD bay and I'm running system from it.

    Today I put a new Samsung 1TB 850 Evo 1 SSD in to my optic bay.

    I encounter problem with SSD not recognized by Finder.

    But It was recognized by Disk Utility.

    What I did was I erase new SSD by Disk Utility. Then the new partition was created and now It has been seen by Finder.

    So If you see it in Disk Utility just erased it.

    Some extra info in under this link--> https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4...

    Wish you all luck :)

    rybafly - Contestar

    My installation went great thanks to the guide. I did notice a small thing that might make a good tip, and that is to inspect all the visible screws. I saw one that was slightly raised, and when I poked around with the spudger, I found 2 more that had worked themselves out a bit. Its probably something super rare but at the age of these things, it wouldn't hurt to check.

    Tineyi Chapisa - Contestar

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    • ¡No tires el lector! Puedes usarlo de manera externa con nuestro cable SATA USB lector óptico.

    • Alinea el conector SATA del cable con el puerto del lector y conéctalo cuidadosamente.

    • Conecta el conector USB a tu portátil. Tu lector óptico está listo.

    There is a small metal button in the front of the drive and you can use that to eject the drive if you were wondering.

    Joseph Landry - Contestar

    Maybe that explain the eject button mechanism maybe….

    - PS5iscool - - Contestar

    Die neue SSD wurde durch das Laufwerk ersetzt aber leider wird jetzt die alte HDD nicht mehr erkannt. Hatte schon ein anderer das Problem?

    Alexander Richter - Contestar

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Great guide, thank you! Took me 40 minutes to complete. I also cleaned my cooler fan though as i regularly do. I have moderate experience, Took apart my macbook (and other stuff too) several times. Not doing this daily though. Everyone can do this when keeping the basic rules in mind: Take your time and space and use quality tools.

Albert Zweistein - Contestar

How do you clean the cooler fan? Anyways, do you need to re-apply thermal paste for the Intel chips to keep it cool?

Shyaam D - Contestar

Thank You so much for all the videos. Use I Fm

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