Re: Problem when installing a new harddrive in a Macbook

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From: Mike Easter
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:08

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Kompu Kid wrote:

> When inserting the new hard drive back into the housing, the two
> rubber strips on the sides got dislodged.

> Any suggestions as to how to hold the original rubber strips in place?

There's a .pdf^1 which describes them as recessed rubber rails.  Maybe
they got out of their recess, which .pdf pic looks like the drive is
inside a 'receptacle' -- so the recesses for the rubber rails would be
on the sides 'down in that hole'.

> What would happen if my friend were to operate this computer without
> the original rubber strips but just with the strips of rubber bands at
> the very edges?

I would imagine that the shocks to the hdd would be increased to an
unknown degree -- either significantly or insignificantly.

^1 MacBook (13-inch) - Hard Drive Replacement Instructions
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/MacBook_13inch_HardDrive_DIY.pdf

-- 
Mike Easter

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