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On Oct 15, 1:08 pm, "Mike Easter" <Mi...@ster.invalid> wrote:
> 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 Instructionshttp://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/MacBook_13inch_HardDrive_DIY.pdf
>
> --
> Mike Easter

We did observe what the structure of the rubber rails and the housing,
and did indeed see the receptacle. There are also holes on the side of
the housing that a number protrusions on the back side of the rubber
rails would engage in. We made sure that the rubber railing is seated
properly, and the protrusions are in the holes. However, these were to
no avail.

If I had a machine shop, I would make a tool from very thin steel to
hold these rubber rail in place...

Alternately, I wonder if we can take the plastic casing out and expose
the hard drive housing. We could not make out the structure of the
computer around that area. We were also a bit hesitant. Who knows what
other issues we would run into when we take the casing out.

Deguza