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Pentalobe Screws
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impulse462
macrumors 68020
This is the one for the MBA's
http://www.ifixit.com/Tools/MacBook...t&utm_term=if145-090&utm_content=product_link
http://www.ifixit.com/Tools/MacBook...t&utm_term=if145-090&utm_content=product_link
vincenz
macrumors 601
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...74093&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_2448wt_1022
It works beautifully, great quality. Much cheaper than ifixit.
It works beautifully, great quality. Much cheaper than ifixit.
vincenz
macrumors 601
Yes, it will. There's only one type of pentalobe screw that Apple's been using lately as far as I know. I could be wrong though.
Nope, the ram just has snap connectors, and the HDD just has standard Hard drive screws i believe. I haven't messed with the hard drive so i can't remember what it has.
i know the ram just snaps in, i did not know if you needed them in order to get to the ram. i do not have a macbook yet.
eljanitor
macrumors 6502
You know this isn't the first time Apple did something to make it a pain to open their stuff. The iMac G5 isight. I remember this model well. What a beautiful design, and oh how do we open this? Get the (special) apple tool to open it. I remember spending like 15 minutes on some of these things. The release tabs weren't aligned right or whatever.
Sometimes we would open some of them to find the antistatic shielding was just destroyed by someone else or whatever. Add that to the list of items for replacement parts. Always thinking," Why did you design this like this?!" The last iMac the G5 had screws on the bottom and.......... huh why did they do this again? They could have left it alone and said something like make it the same way as the last one. Without the exploding capacitor problems.
I love Apple stuff really I do, but you know I have to agree that they don't like anybody else other then the Apple store to fix their stuff. Independent repair shops ( that can only have Apple certified technicians working there in the first place) sometimes have to wait forever for the "new tool" to arrive. Why did they do that? Someone may say its because there so good that they don't need repairs so why open them.
They do it because they design it and manufacture it, and they can do what they want with their products. Some PC manufacturers put those, "Warranty void if seal broken" label on their products. There are some Apple products (and non Apple) out there that if you don't know what you're doing you shouldn't mess with it in the first place.
Here's someone elses theory
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/01/pentalobe-screw-apple-war.php
Sometimes we would open some of them to find the antistatic shielding was just destroyed by someone else or whatever. Add that to the list of items for replacement parts. Always thinking," Why did you design this like this?!" The last iMac the G5 had screws on the bottom and.......... huh why did they do this again? They could have left it alone and said something like make it the same way as the last one. Without the exploding capacitor problems.
I love Apple stuff really I do, but you know I have to agree that they don't like anybody else other then the Apple store to fix their stuff. Independent repair shops ( that can only have Apple certified technicians working there in the first place) sometimes have to wait forever for the "new tool" to arrive. Why did they do that? Someone may say its because there so good that they don't need repairs so why open them.
They do it because they design it and manufacture it, and they can do what they want with their products. Some PC manufacturers put those, "Warranty void if seal broken" label on their products. There are some Apple products (and non Apple) out there that if you don't know what you're doing you shouldn't mess with it in the first place.
Here's someone elses theory
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/01/pentalobe-screw-apple-war.php
Why doesn't anyone go and read iFixit? Not a pentalobe screw in sight, the battery with its tri-wing screws does not in practice need to be removed unless it's flat because it can be disconnected from the logic board while left sitting in place, and the only thing to raise serious flags other than the usual ice-cream-machine application of thermal paste is the difficulty of swapping the LCD panel.
Hard drive is Torx just like it's always been. I've had my 2011 open twice, haven't seen anything other than phillips and torx.
Thought it was just an iPhone thing?
Thought it was just an iPhone thing?
I just got one of these & I agree, it's great.
When will Apple ever learn? We'll tear these babies apart no matter what they do.
No pentalobes I've found yet and have had the HDD out and installed an optibay. Phillips and Torx T6 only